Reddit mentions of A Royal Affair

TY Caitlin! One of my dawning realizations over the past few years was the power of propaganda. I realized it, oddly enough, while watching a FANTABULOUS Danish film - in subtitles and everything. It is the story of the struggle by the Queen and the King's physician to advance progressive ideals into the aristocratic, orthodox establishment. At one point, the evil monarchs who want to keep the status quo intentionally send some folks into the city to spread false news about the physician, yada, yada, yada. Which resulted in the villagers getting all worked up and essentially turning into a lynch mob, as villagers seem prone to do.

It occurred to me that rich people have the time and money to do things like create and spread "fake news" in order to stir up the passions of a mob. Poor people tend to not do this, they tend to lack the necessary resources. And then I realized that RW folks, such as Fox News, were essentially following this program EXACTLY themselves.

I see today's events as a fierce political struggle over "propaganda."
Who is writing "fake news" and who is not? The answer now for many people, sadly, seems to increasingly depend not on things like FACTS and HISTORY but on their own political affinities and identities.

Who decides what the TRUTH is? We seem to be having an intense power struggle over that very issue. And that is so shocking to see because most of us thought we were actually living in an ENLIGHTENED AGE where the answer to such a question was not a matter of one's politics.

I recognize you as a seeker and passionate of the TRUTH, and you share it in such a powerful way. I fell in love with your writing fairly early this season, and have been so grateful having you as an advocate for the progressive cause.