Purpose and technique
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Guilt by Association As part of his labeling, McCarthy employs guilt by association: he
associates members of the government with war profiteers who had been the object of public hatred for many years. Similarly, he associates the Washington Post, an independent newspaper, with the Daily Worker, the official newspaper of the Communist party. Finally, the whole excerpt relies on scapegoating, putting the blame on those who are not truly responsible. If American soldiers are dying and if casualty lists are mounting, McCarthy wants to make it appear that the fault belongs to our government officials and newspapers—especially those that McCarthy does not like. Rather than saying it is the North Korean army killing our soldiers, McCarthy puts bloodstains on “the hands of Washington politicians.” Unfortunately, propaganda is sometimes very effective, particularly at times of crisis when emotions run high. Playing on the Korean War and Soviet expansion in Eastern Europe, McCarthy temporarily gained substantial power and created a climate of terror in this country, a climate that took many years to dispel. Download 0.53 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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