{"id":1038,"date":"2012-06-03T07:32:17","date_gmt":"2012-06-03T07:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/?p=16593"},"modified":"2012-06-03T07:32:17","modified_gmt":"2012-06-03T07:32:17","slug":"marijuana-media-propaganda-continues-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/marijuana-media-propaganda-continues-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Marijuana Media Propaganda continues today"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/marijuana-media-propaganda-continues-today\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"187\" height=\"270\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/propaganda1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"propaganda\" title=\"propaganda\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-16594\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/marijuana-media-propaganda-continues-today\/attachment\/propaganda-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-16594\" title=\"propaganda\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/propaganda1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The line between propaganda and politics can be razor thin.\u00a0 Laws in this country are often passed only when jobs are on the line and\/or the public demands action.\u00a0 Propaganda has been used throughout history to perpetuate the political and social agendas.\u00a0 Marijuana in the 20<sup>th<\/sup> and 21<sup>st<\/sup> century in America is a standout example of this.<\/p>\n<p>Most of us at least viewed clips of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0028346\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cReefer Madness\u201d <\/a>and while this would be considered absurd by today\u2019s standards, it actually may have helped set marijuana back by decades.\u00a0 As always, people feared the unknown.\u00a0 As a result there has been a cultural and generational divide for so long.\u00a0 It is now only in recent years with global communication now becoming instant, that we are seeing a real difference.\u00a0 The facts are taking hold and patients are able to share their stories.\u00a0 However technology often has its drawbacks, and of course the internet is no different.<\/p>\n<p>With marijuana skyrocketing in acceptance and popularity, it no longer is viable for the media to claim that \u201cmarijuana is the smoke of hell&#8221;.\u00a0 The media now tries to deceive in a more subtle way.\u00a0 \u201cSpin\u201d is the common term used in political and campaign circles when describing how to take a singular event and dress it up in a way that is politically self serving.\u00a0 This week alone we were able to see two high profile examples of this.\u00a0 We at marijuana.net were not even looking for these stories, but there are so many like this that they basically fell into our laps.<\/p>\n<p>We reported several weeks ago that cannabis was found to help patients deal with the symptoms of MS.\u00a0 Another study published this week stated that marijuana does not stop the spread.\u00a0 No one made the claim that marijuana would be curing MS, just that a patient\u2019s quality of life can improve if they use medical marijuana.\u00a0 The article headlines regarding the study jump on marijuana not being able to cure the condition, placing a negative focus on medical marijuana.\u00a0 Would we say that aspirin is a failure because it did not cure a migraine but allowed a person to have a pain free afternoon?\u00a0 In another separate story, media outlets jumped on a poll that showed that California residents were split and even slightly opposed to totally legalizing marijuana.\u00a0 However, the polls also show that an overwhelming 80% of residents in California want medical marijuana to be permitted.\u00a0 Many of the articles barely mention this while jumping on the legalization numbers.\u00a0 However, is it not impressive and newsworthy that such a diverse state has come to a consensus on medical marijuana especially in the midst of the LA City Council trying to shut down dispensaries?<\/p>\n<p>Blatant falsehoods regarding marijuana may be on the decline, but this new propaganda war will be fought much more subtlety.\u00a0 This is a headline reading culture with many people not taking the time to read what is under the title, and those with an anti cannabis agenda certainly are aware of this.\u00a0 As creative as the headlines can be, they are often devoid of any charm after the title sentence and we just ask that you read on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"187\" height=\"270\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/propaganda1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"propaganda\" title=\"propaganda\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-16594\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/marijuana-media-propaganda-continues-today\/attachment\/propaganda-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-16594\" title=\"propaganda\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/propaganda1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The line between propaganda and politics can be razor thin.\u00a0 Laws in this country are often passed only when jobs are on the line and\/or the public demands action.\u00a0 Propaganda has been used throughout history to perpetuate the political and social agendas.\u00a0 Marijuana in the 20<sup>th<\/sup> and 21<sup>st<\/sup> century in America is a standout example of this.<\/p>\n<p>Most of us at least viewed clips of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0028346\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cReefer Madness\u201d <\/a>and while this would be considered absurd by today\u2019s standards, it actually may have helped set marijuana back by decades.\u00a0 As always, people feared the unknown.\u00a0 As a result there has been a cultural and generational divide for so long.\u00a0 It is now only in recent years with global communication now becoming instant, that we are seeing a real difference.\u00a0 The facts are taking hold and patients are able to share their stories.\u00a0 However technology often has its drawbacks, and of course the internet is no different.<\/p>\n<p>With marijuana skyrocketing in acceptance and popularity, it no longer is viable for the media to claim that \u201cmarijuana is the smoke of hell&#8221;.\u00a0 The media now tries to deceive in a more subtle way.\u00a0 \u201cSpin\u201d is the common term used in political and campaign circles when describing how to take a singular event and dress it up in a way that is politically self serving.\u00a0 This week alone we were able to see two high profile examples of this.\u00a0 We at marijuana.net were not even looking for these stories, but there are so many like this that they basically fell into our laps.<\/p>\n<p>We reported several weeks ago that cannabis was found to help patients deal with the symptoms of MS.\u00a0 Another study published this week stated that marijuana does not stop the spread.\u00a0 No one made the claim that marijuana would be curing MS, just that a patient\u2019s quality of life can improve if they use medical marijuana.\u00a0 The article headlines regarding the study jump on marijuana not being able to cure the condition, placing a negative focus on medical marijuana.\u00a0 Would we say that aspirin is a failure because it did not cure a migraine but allowed a person to have a pain free afternoon?\u00a0 In another separate story, media outlets jumped on a poll that showed that California residents were split and even slightly opposed to totally legalizing marijuana.\u00a0 However, the polls also show that an overwhelming 80% of residents in California want medical marijuana to be permitted.\u00a0 Many of the articles barely mention this while jumping on the legalization numbers.\u00a0 However, is it not impressive and newsworthy that such a diverse state has come to a consensus on medical marijuana especially in the midst of the LA City Council trying to shut down dispensaries?<\/p>\n<p>Blatant falsehoods regarding marijuana may be on the decline, but this new propaganda war will be fought much more subtlety.\u00a0 This is a headline reading culture with many people not taking the time to read what is under the title, and those with an anti cannabis agenda certainly are aware of this.\u00a0 As creative as the headlines can be, they are often devoid of any charm after the title sentence and we just ask that you read on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[980,45,52,56,9,315,51,70,59,1,3,61],"tags":[3551,2628,2632,2636,2893,2631,5,2639,6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1038"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1038\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}