Propaganda

China's Propaganda in Tibet: Plenty of Viewers, Few Believers

Rebecca Novick | Posted 11.10.2008 | Media

Read More: Political Propaganda, Human Rights, Dalai Lama, Propaganda, Tibet, Media, China Tibet, China, Media News
Rebecca Novick

If anyone had missed the bit about the Party's kindness, The Red Flag Village report makes sure that they get the message in terms that make one feel as if the Cultural Revolution is in full swing.

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IOUSA: Anti-Social Security Propaganda Flick

Dean Baker | Posted 10.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Budget Deficit, Social Security, Federal Budget Deficit, Economy, Propaganda, Regulation, Medicare, Business News
Dean Baker

This film should be viewed as part of a larger effort to dismantle Social Security and Medicare, the country's core safety net programs.

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Propaganda 101: How to Decode Political Ads

Stephen Ducat | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Propaganda, Political Ads, John McCain, McCain's Psychology, Republican Propaganda, Politics News
Stephen Ducat

The aim of advertisers is not just to have us dream but to put us in a dream of their own design. In so doing, they tell us who we are -- which is to say, who they need us to be.

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Any Dream Won't Do: Where are the Hoards of Sensible Republicans and Masses of Clintonites for Obama

Karen Kisslinger | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: McCain Supporters Support Lies and Nastiness; Why Aren't the Clintons More Vocal for Obama? Where's Hillary?, Republican Obama Supporters; Thinking Republicans, Propaganda, Barack Obama, Politics News
Karen Kisslinger

In "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat" there's a song which ends with the line "any dream will do." But if the current campaign has pro...

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Pro-McCain Group Dumping 28 Million Terror Scare DVDs in Swing States

Erik Ose | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics

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Erik Ose

Funding is coming from a New York-based group called the Clarion Fund, a supposed 501 c(3) non-profit that this week featured an article supporting John McCain on its website.

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Did Wire Services Disseminate Pro-Georgian Propaganda?

Wired | David Axe | Posted 09.04.2008 | Media

Read More: Propaganda, South Ossetia, Russia Georgia Conflict, Russia Georgia War, Reuters, Media News

Did major international media, including wire service Reuters, clumsily help spread pro-Georgian propaganda during the recent war with Russia? It appe...

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The Metropolitan Opera in the Service of Putin?

David A. Andelman | Posted 08.21.2008 | Home

Read More: Propaganda, Vladimir Putin, Metropolitan Opera, Putin Georgia, Music, Russia Georgia Conflict, Russia Georgia War, Georgia, Home News
David A. Andelman

Throughout the Nazi era in Germany, while Hitler and his minions were in the process of enslaving much of Europe, Wilhelm Furtwaengler served as chief...

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Media Ownership for All: Citizen Journalism Grows Up

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 08.21.2008 | Media

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Vivian Norris de Montaigu

Independent photojournalists, NGO workers and citizens are part of this important movement to take back the news from those who focus on profits.

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Scott McClellan: White House Fed Fox News Talking Points

Steve Young | Posted 07.26.2008 | Media

Read More: Fox News, Republican Talking Points, Scott Mcclellan, Bill O'Reilly, Mcclellan Fox News, Propaganda, Fox News President Bush, Media News
Steve Young

For those of you not as politically savvy as FoxNews viewers, here's the technical way talking points work: The Bush White House told Fox News what to say and Fox News said it.

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The Far-Right's Patriotism Problem

Larisa Alexandrovna | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Il Duce, Nationalism, Patriotism, Propaganda, Jonah Goldberg, Barack Obama, Fascism, Politics News
Larisa Alexandrovna

Jonah Goldberg continues to demonstrate how the right-wing is manipulating public discourse in order to confuse and conflate patriotism with rabid nationalism.

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Karl Rove's Big Lie

Nina Darnton | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Swiftboating, Communism, Karl Rove, Karl Rove Lies, Propaganda, Barack Obama Elitist, Swiftboating Obama, Politics News
Nina Darnton

In Communist Poland, even when the government told the truth, the public had been conditioned not to believe anything it said. If the Republican propaganda machine isn't careful, it risks the same fate.

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Don't Buy The 'Potent Pot' Hype

Paul Armentano | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Medical Cannabis, Marijuana, Drug Enforcement Administration, Thc, Propaganda, Pot, Dea, Drug Policy, Politics News
Paul Armentano

While the feds' latest "reefer rhetoric" may sound alarming, there's little substance behind the hype. The average THC in domestically grown marijuana has remained unchanged for nearly a decade.

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John Cusack, et al, Try to Slip a Big Wad of Hot, Slippery Propaganda Past Bill O'Reilly!

Bill Cusack | Posted 06.14.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Propaganda, John Cusack's War Inc., Iraq, Bill O'Reilly, War Inc., Iraq Media Coverage, Entertainment News
Bill Cusack

The crucial facts are all represented in War Inc.'s satire, Mr. O'Reilly; they're just presented in a way that reveals a side of reality not commonly seen in other media outlets, most especially yours.

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Master Media Manipulations and the Art of War(-selling)

Rachel Haimowitz | Posted 06.05.2008 | Media

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Rachel Haimowitz

Tthe story of Obama's victory has and will continue to drown out all the other recent news. And boy, was there some big news made by Scott McClellan this week.

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Friday Talking Points [34] -- General Election Preview

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

As the primary election season sinks slowly in the West (South Dakota and Montana, to be exact), we turn our eyes (finally!) to the general election c...

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What to Make of Scott McClellan's Revelation

Byron Williams | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mclellan, Scott McLellan, What Happened, McCLellan Press Secretary, Scott McClellan George Bush, McLellan Bush Iraq War, McLellan Bush, Propaganda, McClellan Iraq War, Scott McClellan Book, Politics News
Byron Williams

McClellan's assertions are certainly not good news for the McCain campaign, which would prefer to engage in a linear conversation about Iraq than to get bogged down in its inception.

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Scott McClellan and No War For Barbeque

Bob Cesca | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics

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Bob Cesca

While many of the top-shelf cable news reporters are making excuses, the Bush administration and the McCain campaign are making plans for more wars. But they're also making ribs! So never mind all that. Pass the sauce.

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McClellan's Critics: What They Really Think

Jamie Malanowski | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics

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Jamie Malanowski

Scott's old mates seem none too happy with him these days. Of course, what they're saying may not be exactly the same as what they're thinking.

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Now Showing (Again): Bush Does Propaganda

Nancy Snow | Posted 05.29.2008 | Media

Read More: What Happened, Propaganda, Scott McClellan Book, Mclellan, Bush White House, Scott McLellan, McCLellan Press Secretary, Scott McClellan George Bush, McLellan Bush Iraq War, Huffpost Books, Scott McClellan Karl Rove, McLellan Bush, McClellan Iraq War, Media News
Nancy Snow

If McClellan had cared about the public interest or the public need to know about such manipulation in marketing war then he should have spoken up when it had a personal cost. That is courage.

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My Olympic Torch Run: Planning, Propaganda and Passion

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nationalism, Patriotism, Chinese Culture, China Politics, Propaganda, China, Beijing 2008, Olympics, Torch Run, Politics News
Tom Doctoroff

I was graciously invited to be a torch bearer for the Beijing games. It was difficult not to be moved by the participants' emotional release and spectators' unity of ambition.

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House Votes to Ban Pentagon Propaganda: Networks Still Silent

Josh Silver | Posted 05.24.2008 | Media

Read More: Iraq War, Propaganda, Pentagon, Armstrong Williams, Department of Defense, Pentagon Propaganda, Pentagon Pundit Scandal, Media News
Josh Silver

This is not the last time this media blight will rear its ugly head, and as long as it does, the American public will continue to be led by the nose to support disastrous wars, policies and politicians.

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Powerful Video of Ugly Sexist Vilification of Hillary Clinton

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 05.18.2008 | Politics

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Blake Fleetwood

Sexism is alive and well in America. One exit poll I saw had almost twice as many voters having trouble voting for a woman for president than voting...

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Famed War Reporter Calls Pentagon/TV 'Propaganda' Campaign Illegal

Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Warwire, Military, War, Propaganda, Media, Generals, Galloway, Politics News
Greg Mitchell

It's good to see that famed war reporter Joe Galloway is hitting back at attempts to embroil him in the Pentagon's "media generals" propaganda scanda...

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Fox News Still Featuring Pentagon Pundits

Josh Silver | Posted 04.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Propaganda, Mainstream Media, Pentagon Analysts, Media, Military, Pentagon Propaganda, Media News
Josh Silver

Fox is still airing -- without disclosure -- two of the exposed pundits, Robert H. Scales and Thomas McInerney. See them for yourself.

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Friday Talking Points [29] -- Pennsylvania Fallout

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

It was a telling sign that neither Democratic candidate saw fit to visit Punxsutawney before the Pennsylvania primary. Nobody wanted the press to rem...

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