The Delivery and Contrast of Patriotism

patriotized history

technique

fact displacement

A list of examples of fact displacement:

• Gedda (AP), September 16 2003, Message Unit 1
• White, February 7 2004, Message Unit 1
• Wardell (AP), May 29 2003, Message Unit 1
• (MSNBC), June 7 2004, Message Unit 1
• Lasswell (TV Guide), April 12 2003, Message Unit 1
• Lasswell (TV Guide), April 12 2003, Message Unit 13
• Paget (LJW), April 11 2004, Message Unit 2
• Paget (LJW), April 11 2004, Message Unit 3
• Moran (MSNBC), June 10 2004, Message Unit 1
• (LJW), September 21 2004, Message Unit 1
• Belt (LJW), April 11 2004, Message Unit 11
• Hunt (AP), November 7 2003, Message Unit 1
• Belt (LJW), July 12 2004, Message Unit 1
• Applebaum (Washington Post), February 13 2006, Message Unit 1
• Bearden, November 4 2005, Message Unit 5
• Bearden, November 4 2005, Message Unit 6
• Bearden, November 4 2005, Message Unit 1
• Bearden, November 4 2005, Message Unit 2
• Bearden, November 4 2005, Message Unit 4
• Wong (NYT), November 23 2005, Message Unit 3
• New York Times Editorial, December 24 2005, Message Unit 2
• New York Times Editorial, December 24 2005, Message Unit 3
• New York Times Editorial, December 24 2005, Message Unit 4
• New York Times Editorial, December 24 2005, Message Unit 5
• New York Times Editorial, December 24 2005, Message Unit 6

Definition of fact displacement

Fact displacement is different from transparent redefinition, in which the events are shown but are redefined as something else.

So, for example, US tyranny in Iraq after 2003 is shown, but is redefined as democratization: that's transparent redefinition. Whereas the successful US attempt to shut down elections in Indonesia in 1958 is hidden by fact displacement; it's an event that happened in real life, but most readers of the US media would have to believe it never happened. Or consider US support for Saddam Hussein when he was carrying out atrocities; text after text implies that it never happened. Again, that's fact displacement.