>>>We had that technology of shaping the public opinion since Sloba's times. He also specialized in never showing the overall picture of the square on his TV Bastille (aka state TV), but always shooting with long tele lenses into whatever meager crowd he managed to muster. OTOH, when the opposition gathers between 100 and 500 thousand people, his cameras show the place as it was about two hours before the beginning...
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>>Oh I think the people are on there own, but they just gather a bit more organized. In every german town the numbers are diminishing while growing in Dresden. Coincidence?
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>>Our state independent TV could not be compared to your eastern state TV. :)
>>We do the trick just one level up on both. :D
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>Now please, the hoopla about the just-for-TV done shots of the politicians marching for the deaths in Paris would not have surfaced if done in former east. Or is this just a slur on french TV?
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> ;-))

Argh. The leaders at this time would have marched in front of or would at least have standing the parade on a tribune. Was there idea of been close to the common folk. Simply yes or no.

The trick is to distract from the real problems. Basically, how cares if they just showing up? You just let the voters struggle over oddments...

Something that was not understood at those days.. :)

See, the former east would have said nothing at all - what only let mouth to mouth raise. Now we get information - even uncomfortable - but those infromation is not just a lie - it misses the important parts and sets strange accents. Youve got the information about the Hameln thing yesterday. Best example. How likely is a german family of 14 persons rioting the court building? Not a single word ...

Possibly it grows worst those days. Mama and her strange origin are not that good. (A pastors daughter recieving a doctorate in the darkest times of eastern germany? The common religous got problems to sign up to Abitur those days.Think about it. It means a very big kowtow).