{"id":1593222,"date":"2022-08-07T10:17:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-07T14:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1593222"},"modified":"2022-08-07T10:18:53","modified_gmt":"2022-08-07T14:18:53","slug":"chris-queen-gaslighting-how-the-mainstream-media-tries-to-drive-you-to-the-left","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-queen-gaslighting-how-the-mainstream-media-tries-to-drive-you-to-the-left\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Queen: Gaslighting: How The Mainstream Media Tries To Drive You To The Left"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchris-queen-gaslighting-how-the-mainstream-media-tries-to-drive-you-to-the-left%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1593222&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s no secret that the mainstream media has abandoned objective reporting for a long time. The left-leaning \u2014 and often more than leaning \u2014 narratives from the press aren\u2019t hard to miss.<\/p>\n<p>But there\u2019s more at play than just reporting the news from one particular viewpoint. The mainstream media, along with social media and cultural tastemakers, attempt to lead the public to question anything that doesn\u2019t hew to a far-left narrative. The end result, in the hopeful minds of the media, is that everyone who consumes their media will move to the left politically and culturally.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a form of what we\u2019ve come to know as gaslighting. For the uninitiated, gaslighting is \u201cintentionally distorting reality to make you feel like what you\u2019re seeing or feeling isn\u2019t real,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/health\/mind\/what-is-gaslighting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to Forbes<\/a>. The term came from the 1944 film <em>Gaslight<\/em>, in which Gregory Anton (Charles Boyer) manipulates his wife (Ingrid Bergman, who won the Best Actress Oscar for her role) into thinking that she\u2019s insane.<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>Instead of making you think you\u2019re crazy, the media wants you to think that your conservative, libertarian, or even non-woke liberal beliefs are insane. And it\u2019s masterful manipulation.<\/p>\n<p>Christian blogger and author Natasha Crain makes the case for how the mainstream media gaslights normal everyday people in order to drive them to the left in a recent blog post entitled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/natashacrain.com\/how-mainstream-media-gaslights-christians-and-everyone-else-who-disagrees-with-them\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How Mainstream Media Gaslights Christians (and Everyone Else Who Disagrees with Them)<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot only is mainstream media not trying to be objective, but they\u2019re also openly advocating for specific viewpoints. And not only are they openly advocating for specific viewpoints, but they\u2019re also strategically manipulating public thought,\u201d she points out.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Related:<\/strong> <a class=\"hl\" title=\"No Matter How You Slice It, French Scientist&#039;s &#039;Distant Star&#039; Photo Makes a Valid Point About Fake News\" href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/uncategorized\/rick-moran\/2022\/08\/06\/no-matter-how-you-slice-it-french-scientists-distant-star-photo-makes-a-valid-point-about-fake-news-n1618870\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">No Matter How You Slice It, French Scientist\u2019s \u2018Distant Star\u2019 Photo Makes a Valid Point About Fake News<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>One way they do this is good, old-fashioned peer pressure. It\u2019s a more sophisticated and insidious take on, \u201cEverybody\u2019s doing it.\u201d The media mainstreams radical thought and attempts to marginalize or otherize anyone who doesn\u2019t agree with the far-left position on most any issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMake no mistake: The appearance of unified thought coming from sources people perceive to be representative of culture at large is very powerful\u2014especially when you\u2019re in a worldview minority,\u201d Crain writes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd media wants to capitalize on that aspect of our humanity that makes us question our beliefs just because they differ from the norm,\u201d she continues. \u201cBut remember: There\u2019s no such thing as democracy when it comes to what\u2019s true about reality; numbers will never determine truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The media also manipulates language to drive the conservation to the left. One of the most invaluable tools to reporters and editors is the AP Stylebook. I\u2019ve relied on it for years as a writer and in my church communications career. Here at PJ Media, it\u2019s the basis for many of our grammatical and stylistic conventions \u2014 other than its more woke recommendations, which we ignore.<\/p>\n<p>Crain points out some of the AP Stylebook\u2019s recent guidance on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apstylebook.com\/topical_most_recent#transgender\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how to write about transgender issues<\/a>. The AP recommends:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>adopt the language \u201csex\u00a0<em>assigned<\/em>\u00a0at birth\u201d rather than something like \u201cbirth gender\u201d or \u201cborn a girl,\u201d presumably to emphasize how arbitrary the sex \u201cassignment\u201d decision is;<\/li>\n<li>describe a transgender person using phrasing such as \u201cis a woman\u201d rather than \u201cidentifies as a woman,\u201d presumably to emphasize the certainty of a person\u2019s new identity;<\/li>\n<li>avoid terms like \u201cbiological male,\u201d which they say are used by \u201copponents of transgender rights\u201d to \u201coversimplify sex and gender\u201d; and<\/li>\n<li>not use phrasing that \u201cmisgenders people or implies doubt, such as former men\u2019s swimmer or currently competes as a woman.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That\u2019s just how the AP Stylebook approaches one issue. You may have noticed media outlets everywhere capitalizing the word \u201cBlack\u201d when referring to a black person. That\u2019s the AP\u2019s doing, and because the Stylebook is so pervasive, it has served to help nudge reporting ever more toward the left.<\/p>\n<p>The topics the mainstream media chooses to cover also play a role in the ongoing efforts to drive the conversation leftward. As Crain reminds us, think about how breathlessly media outlets report about a celebrity who becomes transgender or changes his or her pronouns. Consider how much more coverage events like the Women\u2019s March get as opposed to rallies like the March for Life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI regularly visit the Facebook news tab to track this phenomenon and see what they\u2019re pushing users to consider important,\u201d she writes. \u201cFrom the looks of it, they <em>really\u00a0<\/em>want me to be aware when a celebrity changes pronouns (Demi Lovato this week), when new state abortion restrictions have (allegedly) jeopardized a woman\u2019s health, and that Christian nationalism is a terrifying threat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStory selection strongly shapes our view of what the \u2018world\u2019 is talking about, and that can significantly influence what <em>we\u00a0<\/em>believe is most important if we\u2019re not careful,\u201d she continues.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Recommended:<\/strong> <a class=\"search-item-link\" href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/columns\/paula-bolyard\/2022\/07\/13\/why-pj-medias-reporting-on-the-10-year-old-rape-victim-matters-n1612740\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"search-title\">Why PJ Media\u2019s Reporting on the 10-Year-Old Rape Victim Matters<\/span><br \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Fearmongering is another tactic that the media uses effectively to manipulate us. Think about how many scare tactics the media has used throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, and media outlets are trying to do the same with monkeypox. Witness the weeping and gnashing of teeth over the Supreme Court\u2019s overturning of <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> and the supposed slippery slope of rights reversals that are sure to come. And how many times has someone in the media told you that our time is running out to save the planet?<\/p>\n<p>The way the media reports on these issues and more like them is a strategy to whip readers and viewers into a frenzy. \u201c<em><strong>We must do something<\/strong><\/em>,\u201d they breathlessly intone, and many people fall right in line with their far-left solutions to the problems that aren\u2019t really emergencies.<\/p>\n<p>The media also loves to drag out people who claim to be conservatives or Christians but support their policies. Whether they trot out a left-leaning pastor or a fake conservative, it\u2019s all part of the plan to paint left-wing doctrine as perfectly normal and mainstream.<\/p>\n<p>So what can you do? Be careful about what you consume \u2014 not only is the mainstream media pushing an agenda, but you\u2019ll also find plenty of agenda-driven content from both the left and the right.<\/p>\n<p>One of the best things you can do is get your news from sources you can trust, like here at PJ Media. If you\u2019re a regular PJ Media reader, you know that we tell the truth, and we often do so with a sense of humor or a smirk. Read and share our articles.<\/p>\n<p>You can also support truth-tellers like all of the talented writers here at PJ Media. 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