“Ultimately, the power of so-called ‘copaganda’ comes from the way it shapes people’s perception of crime, public safety, and potential solutions to societal issues,” said Preston. Here are text messages from SFPD Director of "Strategic Communications" to the reporter from a public records request. https://t.co/dvYzJxsiPU pic.twitter.com/y99pCUYSPx — Alec Karakatsanis (@equalityAlec) May 5, 2022Karakatsanis during his testimony highlighted three areas of copaganda that have been particularly pervasive in San Francisco over the last 18 months in his view. And, and that is something that you see in the San Francisco police department, strategic communications department, sort of rampantly, trying to influence the local media.”Supervisor Mendleman pushed back. Yesterday I was invited to testify at San Francisco Board of Supervisors about newly revealed documents showing big taxpayer expenditures on copaganda.

Source: Washington Post May 09, 2022 17:44 UTC