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15/ This, using the improper means mentioned above of ridiculing, silencing, and suppressing any attempt to express an opposing opinion or one that casts doubt on the official position. ....
16/The vast majority of the media channels abandoned their traditional role defending democracy and even aligned themselves with the pseudo-consensus dictated from above, which is unscientific by virtue of being dictated ....
17/ The powerful ability of the media to create a simulated dictated consensus has been well described in the theory of THE SPIRAL OF SILENCE known in the academic literature in the field of communication ...
18/ According to the theory, which has been demonstrated in many studies, most people are anxious about a state of social and ideological isolation and are afraid to express themselves in an ideologically hostile environment ...
19/ The prevailing tendency of most people is to match their expressed opinions to what they perceived as acceptable & agreed upon by the public. Individuals, who estimate that their opinion is different from the majority opinion, will usually refrain from expressing it in public
20/ Since most persons do not want to be an exception, they will choose to remain silent or straighten a line and express an opinion that is consistent with what they perceive as the majority opinion ...
21/ when the media aligns with the fictitious consensus dictated to them,this leads to a distortion of the distribution of opinions in society, & so the number of those who refrain from supporting an incompatible opinion increases & a SPIRAL OF EVER-EXPANDING SILENCE IS CREATED
22/ (the spiral of silence) poses a real danger to society and democracy, as the suppression of other voices, whether of the general public or of scientists, could make the distorted and invented or fabricated reality into a real reality.
23/ We citizens should therefore be wary of the consensus and its mouthpieces, especially when we see them coming. Then, we must also use a degree of skepticism ....
24/Processes of suppressing academic deliberation, eliminating all disagreements, doubts, & scientific controversy, such as those we are witnessing are taking place around us these days, are typical of dark regimes and power-to-fascist tendencies contrary to human welfare
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