This is a common tactic with media. The media says "Right wing conspiracy theory says" followed by something false. But that falsehood is not the same thing as right wingers are saying. Perhaps "straw man" is the right thing to call this tactic. They poo-poo a bad idea that they themselves made up.
Neither secret nor forced
This is a common tactic with media. The media says "Right wing conspiracy theory says" followed by something false. But that falsehood is not the same thing as right wingers are saying. Perhaps "straw man" is the right thing to call this tactic. They poo-poo a bad idea that they themselves made up.