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Propaganda Techniques
adding qualifiers - inserting carefully chosen words or phrases into a statement that preemptively narrows or nullifies its meaning while preserving its surface impression.
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The politician qualifies the claim by emphasizing having the chance to vote against spending packages, which limits the statement's meaning without denying multiple spending bills. more...
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A politician claims the lowest crime rate in Virginia among "major" states during their governorship, which restricts the comparison to a specific subset of states. more...
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The speaker uses a qualifier to limit opposition to adding justices to the Supreme Court, specifying it only applies "at this point," which narrows the commitment without rejecting the possibility entirely. more...
36:14 - inserting carefully chosen words or phrases into a statement that preemptively narrows or nullifies its meaning while preserving its surface impression. : Pence denying that Trump said things "in the way [Kaine] said he said them" doesn’t necessarily mean Trump didn’t say those things—only that Kaine’s version differed in some minor or obscure way. more...
- inserting carefully chosen words or phrases into a statement that preemptively narrows or nullifies its meaning while preserving its surface impression.
