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		nsporillo on March 26, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 3.28M file for U.S. jobless benefits China understands what matters most and that is controlling the narrative. An authoritarian government excels at manipulating the raw data and thus the narrative.

llampx on March 26, 2020 [–]

Controlling the narrative is also what the US Federal government is currently doing.

They hold nightly pressers, dragged their feet on getting tests out, recently asked states not to publish their unemployment reports, etc.

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