🧵The #PrinceOfPegging & #princewilliamaffair hashtags are not as silly as they seem. There’s a battle going on to win the hearts and minds of the UK people. It’s called agenda setting.
The central player in this process is media. The monarchy must be protected at all costs. The only exception to this was #princeandrew who kept taking swings at the establishment like a blind baseballer. Here’s how it works and why anonymous sources are vital to agenda setting.
How do I know this? I spent most of my career working in public policy & was an academic. So as long as sources feed stories like #MeghanMarkleExposed, the focus will be on her and not Prince Andrew…and the eight Russian girls. Or the #PrinceWilliam