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media type="custom" key="3849659" This picture is illustrated though the propaganda technique simplification. Simplification is when it reduces a complex situation and makes a clear-cut choice involving good or evil. It is mainly used to sway uneducated people. If one comes across a propaganda technique such as simplification one should gather more information in order to come to the right conclusion.

This picture shows Uncle Sam looking down at the USSR with a sign of "Provocation". The propaganda technique used in this picture is Pinpointing the Enemy. In this technique you focus on one group or person as the enemy. Even thought there may be other groups or people involved they "pinpoint" the one group or person to simplify the situation. In this picture they are pinpointing Uncle Sam. They are saying that he is always spying on the USSR and invading on there privacy even though it was the whole country of the United States.

This picture demonstrates the propaganda technique glittering generalities. Glittering generalities are words that have different positive meaning for individual subjects but are linked to highly valued concepts. Glittering generalities is used to have a positive connection to the person because it is linked to the concept that has value. Al Franken shows his glittery words in this campaign ad by using "spoke out louder" and "consistently".