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Police are hiring PR teams to make them go viral

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Taylor Lorenz
May 09, 2025
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If you’ve ever wondered why news media obsesses over shoplifting but ignores wage theft, or why news outlets report a "shortage" of prison guards without questioning why we imprison so many people in the first place, you've probably encountered copaganda.

This week on Power User, I spoke to award-winning civil rights lawyer and author Alec Karakatsanis …

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