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.
Neocon slagging: The Palestinian "terrorists" objected to
Israel's bombing of food supplies in Gaza.
PC slagging: The election of a "black" president is a mile
stone in
race relation.