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1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Mar-2019 13:22:23 EDT Strypey

   In their book #SpiralOfCynicism,Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Joseph Cappella argue that #TacticalFraming has been overused in news media coverage of politics. They believe that this both reduces the public's ability to properly understand policy proposals, and makes people more likely to tow the party line on whether or not to support them:
   https://www.vox.com/videos/2019/3/12/18261856/green-new-deal-tactical-framing-aoc

   1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Mar-2019 13:29:27 EDT Strypey

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      I noticed a similar tendancy in news media coverage of NZ politics over the last few elections. In the lead-up to our last general election in 2017, I constantly reminded people on the left to stop buying into the media framing of politics as a zero-sum game, played as a professional/ spectator sport, and rise above the scandal-mongering. To achieve democratic consensus and lasting change, we need to focus on #PolicyPolicyPolicy!