Manipulators Understand That Narrative Control Is Everything

About this episode

The episode discusses the manipulation of public discourse by influence operations, particularly in relation to Israel.

Former Israeli intelligence officer Ella Kenan was seen at a recent pro-Israel conference saying she runs an online influence operation that works with "communities of over sixty thousand people around the world that make our content viral" to manipulate public discourse and "serve the narrative" of Israel. I've been assured that this never happens and that it's antisemitic to say it does, but okay sure. Let's move on.

People in this episode

Hosts: Caitlin Johnstone, Tim Foley

Topics covered

• narrative control
• influence operations
• public discourse
• Israel
• manipulation

Keywords

• narrative control
• influence operation
• public discourse
• Israel
• Ella Kenan

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Israel, Israeli intelligence

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