Humor: The Annual CFR Symposium
The Annual CFR Symposium on "The Medium is the Message" The Council on Foreign Relations' annual symposium was underway, featuring a keynote titled "Framing the Frame: Controlling Narratives in a Post-Medium World." The room buzzed with intellectual fervor as academics, diplomats, and journalists exchanged cryptic witticisms no one fully understood. At the podium, Major Medium McLuhan unveiled the latest CFR white paper: "Echoes in the Chamber: How Our Own Messages Shape Our Mediums." Its key takeaway? The Council's greatest power wasn’t crafting policy but determining how people perceived their influence on crafting policy. Content Is King, but the King Is a Puppet As the audience applauded furiously, Colonel Context leaned over to whisper to Captain Catchup. "Remember, the real message here isn’t what he’s saying. It’s that he’s saying it —on a podium, under dramatic lighting, with a CFR logo projected behind him." "But isn’t t...
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