{"id":14863,"date":"2023-12-21T20:13:53","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T20:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/social.coldstreams.com\/?p=14863"},"modified":"2024-11-18T01:50:39","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T01:50:39","slug":"the-use-of-card-stacking-as-a-propaganda-technique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/2023\/12\/21\/the-use-of-card-stacking-as-a-propaganda-technique\/","title":{"rendered":"The use of card stacking as a propaganda technique"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NOAA Betrays the Public\u2019s Trust in Science by \u201cCard Stacking\u201d Ocean Acidification:  Their Sea Butterfly Icon<br><br>Card stacking is a \u201cpropaganda technique where an organization may use media to favorably show one side of an issue or an argument, while simultaneously downplaying the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/afYDuoLfvR\">pic.twitter.com\/afYDuoLfvR<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jim Steele (@JimSteeleSkepti) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimSteeleSkepti\/status\/1737910001723933088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Jim Steele is the former director of the Sierra Nevada Field Station operated by San Francisco State University. He has become skeptical of many climate change claims. In the above link, he says that NOAA has engaged in climate card stacking to present incorrect information about oceans and carbon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Card stacking<\/em> is the propaganda technique of carefully showing only one side &#8211; such as benefits &#8211; while ignoring harms or anything that would dispute the claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A good overview of the technique is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelifevirtue.com\/card-stacking-propaganda\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Card stacking is a technique of showing mostly benefits while hiding harms and other problems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[356],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-card-stacking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14863\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}