Hillary Clinton is one of two candidates of the Democratic Party to be nominated as the 45th President of the United States of America, and if she can win the election on November 8th, 2016, will go down in history as the first female President of the United States. Her major opponent, the Republican “outsider” candidate also known as business mogul Donald J. Trump, has claimed many times that Hillary Clinton “is unfit” or “incapable” of holding the office of the President of the United States because of all the scandals and controversies that she is and was involved in, during her time as Secretary of State, Senator of New York, and First Lady of the United States of America. As a return to Donald Trump’s claims during one debate, Hillary
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According to Glendale Community College, the card-stacking propaganda technique is when you “manipulate information to make a product appear better than it is, often by unfair comparison or omitting facts”. In this case, the “product” would be Hillary Clinton, as she runs for the office of the President. The card-stacking propaganda was both a positive and a negative resource for Clinton’s campaign team to use. The card-stacking propaganda technique was a benefit for Hillary Clinton because it elaborated on what beneficial things she has done for, not only the United States, but also the rest of the world. Osama Bin Laden was an international warlord who became a Wanted man in the United States, and Hillary Clinton was able to assist the military in, as Madame Secretary Clinton would put it, “bringing him to justice”. However, using the card-stacking propaganda technique also has a backlash effect. Because of Donald Trump’s little experience with politics, it is difficult for Donald Trump to compare himself with Hillary Clinton, and the positive things she has done for the United States, relaying back to the “unfair comparison” portion of this propaganda technique. Overall, the card-stacking propaganda technique was more beneficial than it was detrimental, because of specifically, the issues that are affecting more and more Americans every day, and how Hillary Clinton has done, at least something to change the effect on American
According to Glendale Community College, the card-stacking propaganda technique is when you “manipulate information to make a product appear better than it is, often by unfair comparison or omitting facts”. In this case, the “product” would be Hillary Clinton, as she runs for the office of the President. The card-stacking propaganda was both a positive and a negative resource for Clinton’s campaign team to use. The card-stacking propaganda technique was a benefit for Hillary Clinton because it elaborated on what beneficial things she has done for, not only the United States, but also the rest of the world. Osama Bin Laden was an international warlord who became a Wanted man in the United States, and Hillary Clinton was able to assist the military in, as Madame Secretary Clinton would put it, “bringing him to justice”. However, using the card-stacking propaganda technique also has a backlash effect. Because of Donald Trump’s little experience with politics, it is difficult for Donald Trump to compare himself with Hillary Clinton, and the positive things she has done for the United States, relaying back to the “unfair comparison” portion of this propaganda technique. Overall, the card-stacking propaganda technique was more beneficial than it was detrimental, because of specifically, the issues that are affecting more and more Americans every day, and how Hillary Clinton has done, at least something to change the effect on American