A list of examples of US preference reversal:
- Lasswell (TV Guide), April 12 2003, Message Unit 1
- Belt (LJW), April 11 2004, Message Unit 14
- Belt (LJW), April 11 2004, Message Unit 18
- Gordon, Mazzetti, Shanker (NYT) August 17 2006, Message Unit 1
- Straziuzo (AP) June 23 2007, Message Unit 1
- Belt (LJW), April 11 2004, Message Unit 16
- Coleman (AP), April 9 2004, Message Unit 2
- J-W Wire Reports, April 9 2004, Message Unit 6
- Associated Press, November 8 2003, Message Unit 16
- Rothschild (LJW), August 19 2004, Message Unit 1
- Rothschild (LJW), August 19 2004, Message Unit 5
- Rothschild (LJW), August 19 2004, Message Unit 3
- Douglas and Stearns (Knight Ridder) April 6 2004, Message Unit 1
- Douglas and Stearns (Knight Ridder) April 6 2004, Message Unit 4
- Douglas and Stearns (Knight Ridder) April 6 2004, Message Unit 7
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Definition of
US preference reversal
An outcome that the actor wanted in
reality
is portrayed in the
patriotic message
as something that the actor did not want. A benefit to the actor is portrayed as a cost to the actor.
This is the reversal that we are familiar with from car advertisements. The car dealer, we are told, is harming himself, not helping himself. He is so selfless that he is crazy! We understand that this claim is ludicrous when it refers to a car dealer or to most governments other than the US. But it is taken for granted in patriotic texts about the US government.
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patriotized history
