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Propaganda

The Latest Lie: IRS Targeted Conservatives

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.21.2013 | Politics
Dave Johnson

This story that is being repeated and treated as "true" is just not what happened at all. It is one more right-wing victimization fable, repeated endlessly until the public has no choice except to believe it.

Is Design the New Opiate for the Intelligentsia?

Soren Petersen | Posted 05.07.2013 | Arts
Soren Petersen

Today, the use of design for personal propaganda has spread to such an extent that even ordinary people can produce their own virtual content, attracting thousands of viewers and gathering tens of thousands of devoted followers.

From Boston Once More: What Should We Have Learned From the Boston Marathon Bombing?

Blake Page | Posted 04.19.2013 | Crime
Blake Page

Putting things into perspective and taking a few moments to reflect on the sadness of loss of life and limb is about all that can be taken from this by us ordinary civilians, though I suppose panic, frustration and absolute assertions make for better entertainment on a night of armchair politics.

The Chemical Industry's Political Machinations

Michael Green | Posted 05.18.2013 | Green
Michael Green

Based on an investigation by the Center for Public Integrity, the Newshour showed how the chemical industry manipulates science, bullies independent researchers, and undermines regulations that would protect children and families from harmful chemicals.

Learning From History: Venezuela Through the Lens of Nicaragua

Joel D. Hirst | Posted 05.15.2013 | World
Joel D. Hirst

Now these same people are counting on the quasi-religious use of Chavez's persona to overwhelm the opposition. They very well may be underestimating the popular discontent in a revolution that has lost its hero, and with it, its magic.

Music to Our Ears: Failing in Afghanistan as We Did in Iraq

Peter Van Buren | Posted 04.05.2013 | Politics
Peter Van Buren

Kids and music go together beautifully. Free from pretensions, children play from their hearts. Put that beauty into an international setting -- in th...

Hillary, Foreign Policy, and the all-American Superbowl

John Brown | Posted 04.06.2013 | World
John Brown

One false way to convince "people" the world over (including in our very own USA) that you're "doing something" when you actually have nothing to do/decide upon, is to be "on the move," with the complacent media, eager for any story, "reporting" on your "new initiative."

Duck Dynasty and Our Future

Jeffrey P. Colin | Posted 04.03.2013 | Entertainment
Jeffrey P. Colin

If Duck Dynasty is meant to simply present an ordinary group of simple country people who are living life as they might every day, it clearly is not in line with reality.

Inappropriate Use Of Holocaust Imagery In The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Eliyahu Federman | Posted 03.17.2013 | Religion
Eliyahu Federman

While the hatred on both sides of the conflict, can, at times, be compared to the hatred the Nazis had for the Jews, the actions and reality are worlds apart.

Stunning Photo Of Baby In Womb Grabbing Doc's Finger

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 01.04.2013 | Parents

In the midst of a C-section delivery, baby Nevaeh Atkins reached out of her mother's womb and grabbed the doctor's finger. Father Randy Atkins' qu...

WATCH: What Has This North Korea Anchor So Overly Excited?

Huffington Post | Chris C. Anderson | Posted 12.12.2012 | World

What has this North Korean KCTV anchor in such a fluster of excitement? Why, the successful launch of North Korea's Unha-3 rocket and satellite of cou...

Beware the Confidence Man

Christopher Holshek | Posted 12.11.2012 | Media
Christopher Holshek

In a fun way, we can teach ourselves and our kids to become better political consumers than we have been, because our world now demands it and we can no longer afford our ignorance.

Conservative Hackola: Go Slow

Dan Agin | Posted 12.02.2012 | Media
Dan Agin

The pitch of conservative hacks is well articulated by the New York Times columnist David Brooks: Life and society are complicated, therefore it's best when making changes to go slow.

Meeting, Everywhere, The Rulers Of North Korea

Illya Szilak | Posted 11.04.2012 | Travel
Illya Szilak

In North Korea, the images of the Great Leader Kim il Sung and the Great General Kim Jong il are everywhere. This is not a Soviet-style cult of personality. Leader-worship here is a full-fledged religion.

Does Romney Think the Pentagon Needs More Marching Bands, NASCAR Sponsorships?

Robert Greenwald | Posted 10.24.2012 | Politics
Robert Greenwald

The Romney ticket pledged this week to "retroactively" reverse any sequestration cuts to the Pentagon -- and push for the House budget that slashed funding for social programs, like food stamps -- all in an effort to protect profits for their war-profiteering friends.

Political Propaganda: "100 Million Receiving Welfare"

Jane Devin | Posted 10.09.2012 | Politics
Jane Devin

While some may call it "leftist" of me (I'm actually a moderate) to point out that it was created by Republicans, the fact is that right now they're desperate to win and willing, it seems, to do so by creating distortions and spreading misinformation.

Republican Wages War On Dem 'Propagandists'

Patch.com | Posted 07.21.2012 | Politics

Two weeks ago, New Hampshire House Speaker William O'Brien shut the Concord Monitor out of his office during a press availability....

Must We Really Like "Like"? (A Repeat Request)

John Brown | Posted 07.01.2012 | Media
John Brown

"Like" is a verbal virus that, especially in the case of American female vocal cords, so often sounds like nails on a blackboard -- an acoustic atrocity that I simply do not wish to overhear, as a citizen-taxpayer of the male gender and grateful member of our Republic.

Think Again: Fearmaking, Then and Now

Eric Alterman | Posted 08.21.2012 | Media
Eric Alterman

The Fearmakers is the product of a different America, of course. It is a quaint reminder of a more innocent moment that the manner in which the manipulation of public opinion was thought to be something both nefarious and notorious.

Propaganda, Public Diplomacy and the Smith-Mundt Act

John Brown | Posted 05.26.2012 | World
John Brown

Propaganda is an instrument of war used by a government, primarily but not exclusively, against a present or possibly future enemy, and a democratic government should not propagandize its own people.

Why Does It Seem Everything Republicans Say and Do Is a Trick Or Lie?

Dave Johnson | Posted 06.26.2012 | Politics
Dave Johnson

In today's Progressive Breakfast: Republicans say student-loan interest rates are high because of "Obamacare." House Republicans are trying to block ...

U.S. Diplomat Peter Van Buren Speaks About American Public Diplomacy

John Brown | Posted 06.24.2012 | World
John Brown

"Any communications strategy plays second to reality. So as long as deaths from misplaced drone attacks, atrocities by soldiers and videos of Abu Ghraib exist, you are not going to fool anyone regardless of how many tweets you send out."

Citizen's Watch

Christopher Holshek | Posted 06.19.2012 | Media
Christopher Holshek

For all practical purposes, it's game on between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. Get ready for an unprecedented deluge of TV ads and other media storms. So are we helpless in the face of this onslaught? Not necessarily.

Propaganda War: Not Caring Is Not an Option

Dan Agin | Posted 06.10.2012 | Media
Dan Agin

The term "propaganda" is defined as information spread for the purpose of promoting some cause. The two main forms of political propaganda in America...

My Daughter Thinks President Obama Is a Proud Muslim

Suzanne Hegland | Posted 06.04.2012 | Politics
Suzanne Hegland

I'm horrified by this. Not because I'm in any way anti-Muslim, but because I am in all ways anti-ignorance. I know, I know, it's happening everywhere, but I never thought it would happen in my family.