Institutional intelligence narratives construct truth to serve political policy needs

Evidence

“A lot of people want to protect their backside—and protect the institutional setting that they are still working for.” — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 1134 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: States recruited outside experts to legitimize their power as objective truth.; Subordinated regimes of truth sustain plausibility for oppressed subjects; Ill-founded reasoning chains let the Right alter education policy before gaining office (+11 more)

Related

• Institutional honesty is often compromised to preserve the status quo. (similarity 0.83)

Broader Connections

• Institutional honesty is often compromised to preserve the status quo. #corroborates (0.70) — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 1134
• Colonial officials ritualistically framed rumor-derived reports as verified facts #exemplifies (0.65)
• Formal balance and impartiality in media mask real dominance of prevailing interpretations #expands (0.60)
• Army hierarchy institutionalized cover-up of torture and abuses #exemplifies (0.60)
• Media balance reproduces the shared presuppositions that bracket political disagreement #expands (0.55)
• Objectivist truth served as philosophy’s safeguard against the intoxication of power #responds-to (0.50) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2943