One has to read the entire text lest one misunderstands the message from the small amount I clipped

Hey - that's a picture of Chris Messina

Making your voice heard is the only way to let others know what you think. Otherwise they will think you agree with the loudest person.

Indeed.

Similarly, and more worryingly, when an opinion is repeatedly broadcast at us by the same organisation - think of a particular media conglomerate or an advertiser - we're likely to come to believe it represents the general opinion. That's despite the fact it is analogous to the same person repeating themselves over and over again.

The fist in the punch of Rush Limbaugh.

The Goracle calls it consensus.

New research reveals even if only one member of a group repeats their opinion, it is more likely to be seen by others as representative of the whole group.

AL GORE - (sooners - you beat me to it.)
If that doesn't tell you all waht you need to know about this gimmick then you'll not get it. This year anyway.
Maybe next.
There are just too many learned people who know it's not what the politicians and press say it is.

What a dishonest piece. It's sneaky too.
See, the same concept brought up is what is being done BY Al Gore and the MMGW gang.
Sheeple just hear the loudest voice there and in the press putting forth the GW idea and the sheeple think it must be true. The dissenters ~ many and learned ~ are suppressed. Kept quiet.
So to put forth the same dynamic that is keeping the dissenters quiet as being the thing that is keeping supporters quiet, is sneaky and intellectual fraud.
The trick is to use it for YOUR side first. Then it carries weight. As if it took real insight to expose it.;-
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This is the same trick used more and more often.

Funny that it also applies to talk-hate radio, Faux News and the so called pundit class. Interesting that you can only deposit this trend to one person and one issue, but ignore it in every other occasion.