> Even publishing the results of an election is an attempt to control discourse and to dominate the minds of the population
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> The only true news is sports scores.
I fail to see the difference between these two examples. Both report on an actual outcome. Same with things like stock price movement, etc.
If your point is that choosing what to report on is a means to control discourse, then I would assert that even reporting on sports scores falls in that category.
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> The only true news is sports scores.
I fail to see the difference between these two examples. Both report on an actual outcome. Same with things like stock price movement, etc. If your point is that choosing what to report on is a means to control discourse, then I would assert that even reporting on sports scores falls in that category.