Opinion | ‘Controlling the narrative’ harms the public conversation
- Posted on March 20, 2026
- By Star Tribune
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Opinion | ‘Controlling the narrative’ harms the public conversation
"What began as a communications strategy has evolved into a reflex to exaggerate, oversimplify or weaponize information in ways that make it harder for the public to distinguish between real problems and manufactured ones," Shannon Watson writes.