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ERROR: "The Media Tell People What to Think"

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The claim that the media tell people what to think is false as stated: the demonstrated power is choosing what people think about.

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The old hypodermic theory — ideas "shot" into minds and accepted — did not survive later study.

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Agenda setting, framing, and priming are real influence; direct mind-writing is not the mechanism.

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