The addition of superfluous material (SLAG) to a “
news story”, the addition of which is designed to prejudice the recipient’s response to “news”, thus guaranteeing that the recipient will “comprehend” and “understand” the story correctly—in the manipulative lights of those responsible for
said slagging. NPR and Clearchannel are equally guilty but from opposite ends of the political spectrum since both “clue” the listener about the “correct” response to the story moreso than giving out raw
data for the listener to evaluate.
I.E. the application of Bernays-esque “
spin doctoring” to influence public perception while pretending to the objectivity of reporting. Political Correctness and
Neo-Con Righteousness are equally guilty of the
abuse. So named from “SLAG”, the impurities burned and refined out of
raw material in metal working.