The addition of superfluous material (SLAG) to a “news story”, the addition of which is designed to prejudice the recipient’s response to “news”, thus guaranteeing that the recipient will “comprehend” and “understand” the story correctly—in the manipulative lights of those responsible for said
slagging. NPR and Clearchannel are equally guilty but from opposite ends of the political spectrum since both “clue” the listener about the “correct” response to the story moreso than giving out
raw data for the listener to evaluate.
I.E. the application of Bernays-esque “spin
doctoring” to influence public perception while pretending to the objectivity of reporting. Political Correctness and
Neo-Con Righteousness are equally guilty of the abuse. So named from “SLAG”, the impurities burned and refined out of raw material in metal working.
Example:
Neocon
slagging: The Palestinian "terrorists" objected
to Israel's bombing of food supplies in
Gaza.
PC slagging: The election of a "black" president is a mile stone in race relation.