The Manila Times · General

Controlling the narrative

· By Ma. Lourdes Tiquia
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THERE is a peculiar myth in politics that facts speak for themselves. They do not. Facts sit inert until someone arranges them into a story, and the moment that arrangement happens, the story, not the facts, becomes what people remember, repeat, and vote on. This is the quiet mechanism behind almost every political …

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