Gatekeeper
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| A controlled opposition figure who works to corral opinion and limit the spectrum of debate |
A gatekeeper is someone who corrals opinion.
In the Manufacturing of Consent, Noam Chomsky & Edward Herman highlight how energetic debate about a rightly controlled range of opinions is a strategy used by the commercially-controlled media to delude the audience into the conviction that they have independently arrived at their point of view, when in fact it has been given to them. Chomsky himself emerged as a prominent gatekeeper after his refusal to engage on third rail topics such as the JFK assassination or 9/11.
Overton Window
- Full article: Overton Window
- Full article: Overton Window
Gatekeeping works by narrowing the spectrum of opinion, by excluding certain ideas from the Overton Window.
Limited hangouts
- Full article: Limited hangout
- Full article: Limited hangout
A limited hangout is a controlled exposure of information, done with the intent of keeping more sensitive information hidden. Gatekeepers may focus entirely on the exposed information, with the intention of dissipating interest in what has not been revealed. They may attempt to undermine those who suggest that what was exposed was only a limited hangout (or a modified limited hangout).