tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post3120159391428764746..comments2023-10-26T08:02:44.948-04:00Comments on Connecticut Commentary: Red Notes from a Blue State: Twerking The MediaDon Pescihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11167988001948356357noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-79951811881503332112014-08-08T15:14:40.048-04:002014-08-08T15:14:40.048-04:00The age of "wall-to-all propaganda" is p...The age of "wall-to-all propaganda" is precisely not the age of self-government. The citizens, or as the Governor calls us, the residents, are insulated from its managers by a flock of flacks "calculating, editing, and shaping" the information ostensibly required for monitoring public policy.<br /><br />I've been confused until now. A flack, "from Middle English flacken (“to palpitate, flutter”)" is a person who deals with flak, "German acronym of Fliegerabwehrkanone (“aeroplane defence cannon”)." That's to say that incoming queries and criticisms are avoided by the managerial class through professionally crafted distraction, dissimulation, and evasion.<br />-------------- <br />Below is contact information for Governor Malloy's Communications Department for use by members of the media. Residents wishing to reach the Office of the Governor should use the information on the Contact Governor Malloy page.<br /> <br /> <br />Media Contact Information<br />General Media Inquiries: Malloy.Press@ct.gov<br /> peter brushnoreply@blogger.com