How Do We Bend the Truth? The Linguistics of Propaganda and Censorship

How do we try influencing what other people think about the world? What techniques get used for bending the truth? In this week's episode, we take a look at some of the linguistics around propaganda and censorship: what people can try beyond just outright lying, how using conversational rules can get you to think things that aren't said, and how we can use bias to influence people's views.

This is Topic #91!

This week's tag language: Mongolian!

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