The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is offering a course this semester focusing on what it calls “Trumpaganda.”
Students will examine Trump’s “war on facts, press and democracy,” according to the eight-week course title.
The class is offered through the university’s journalism program, according to the Daily Illini.
“As a candidate, Trump employed the most common propaganda device, name-calling, to define, degrade, discredit and destroy his primary opponents as well as the “fake” news media,” the course description reads.
Hi, nonpartisan here. Does the left not look a bit ridiculous in this case? Trumpaganda classes at a college? For real? Is somebody going to pay for that? This seems childish.
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brie...ty-of-illinois-offering-course-on-trumpaganda
"Non-partisan" Yeah. Sure you are.
Hi, nonpartisan here. Does the left not look a bit ridiculous in this case? Trumpaganda classes at a college? For real? Is somebody going to pay for that? This seems childish.
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brie...ty-of-illinois-offering-course-on-trumpaganda
There are gullible people everywhere willing to part with the money they were loaned on "education".
Universities are in it for the money...
Judging by the (poorly written) article, I don't think the course is actually called "trumpaganda" (we'd know this for sure if it was a well written article with the actual title of the course written somewhere or a line stating "the class is titled "Trumpaganda"").
It sounds like the course is actually just a review of propaganda techniques used by the current president, which if taught in a useful way would actually be good for journalism students. Of course, if taught poorly would be not good. Alot of people see "propaganda" and just think it's an insult, but any information used to push a political agenda is "propaganda" by nature. The current presidents war with the press is very different than anything we've ever seen. And journalism students should probably be aware of it along just as they should be aware of the relationship and political agendas and propaganda used at other times.
What's to teach? Punch back? Claim to be the greatest at everything? "Nobody respects women more than me!"
Explain the plan for accomplishing difficult promises as, "we're just going to do it and it'll be terrific, believe me!"
Hi, nonpartisan here. Does the left not look a bit ridiculous in this case? Trumpaganda classes at a college? For real? Is somebody going to pay for that? This seems childish.
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brie...ty-of-illinois-offering-course-on-trumpaganda
What's to teach? Punch back? Claim to be the greatest at everything? "Nobody respects women more than me!"
Explain the plan for accomplishing difficult promises as, "we're just going to do it and it'll be terrific, believe me!"
Since the left is great at spreading propaganda let's counter that will a little pro Trump opinion piece and actual results accomplished
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...ory.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.04c93d352c0c
It truly is amazing that bls.gov, bea.gov, and treasury.org participate in propaganda techniques according to the left when the reality is they offer the unbiased official data showing economic performance.
ROFL! :lamo
When you have nothing, deflect deflect deflect.
I didn't read past the quoted part. I'm up for an intelligent discussion, but I have neither the time nor the want to read another diatribe about the "radical left" doing something that every partisan left, right and center does. If you want to pretend like liberals are monsters that can't accept facts and that Trump and Co. never doubted for even a second the legitimacy of the employment numbers and economy data before the election then be my guest. Hopefully others will be here shortly to entertain those fanciful notions.
Have a great day!
It is almost like you have a direct benefit from radical leftwing behavior and policies and the President is personally responsible for your personal problems and issues.
Hi, nonpartisan here. Does the left not look a bit ridiculous in this case? Trumpaganda classes at a college? For real? Is somebody going to pay for that? This seems childish.
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brie...ty-of-illinois-offering-course-on-trumpaganda
ROFL! :lamo
When you have nothing, deflect deflect deflect.
The class being offered is not as far-fetched as you may think. Based on what I can find on this, it seems to be an optional class and designed for journalism students that are interested in reporting on politics.
It seems reasonable to offer a class talking about the idea of propaganda in today's political climate.
What we cannot forget is Trump intentionally, back to being candidate Trump, wanted a war with news and commentary. The idea of Trump branding opposition leaning news and commentary as fake news has set a new low in dealing with coverage of politics in this nation. You add that to how Trump has appealed to Twitter as his bully pulpit and we have reason to study how future presidents will engage the media and the public. Trump has gone so far as to call some in media an "enemy of the people," which has plenty of historical roots to information control and aristocracy.
It is not a course I would be interested in taking, but I can see the reasoning for it.
There are gullible people everywhere willing to part with the money they were loaned on "education".
Universities are in it for the money, and if there is demand for courses on "Fine Dining of Feces", they would offer it in spades.
If anyone looks ridiculous it's you calling yourself non-partisan and then blaming the left in the next sentence. :roll:
I'm part of the left. Being willing to call out and criticize left wing foolishness makes me kinda non-partisan I think.
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