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Americans Are Not Oxymorons: Reflections On President Obama's Afghanistan Plans

John Brown | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Propaganda, Lawyers, Susan Brewer, Oxymorons, Public Diplomacy, Afghanistan, Woodrow Wilson, Politics News
John Brown

Instead of the crude, obscenely packaged fabrications used by his predecessor to mislead us into the war in Iraq, Obama's tortuous deliberations on a military escalation in Afghanistan have been marked by doubts.

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Anonymous Democratic Strategist Claims White House Discouraged Fox News Appearances

LA Times | Peter Nicholas | Posted 11.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Gop, White House, Anita Dunn, Opinion, News, Obama Fox News, Pundits, Axelrod, Programming, Obama, Propaganda, Commentators, David Axelrod, Television, Sean Hannity, Tv, Fox News, Dnc, Republicans, Media News

At least one Democratic political strategist has gotten a blunt warning from the White House to never appear on Fox News Channel, an outlet that presi...

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Bush Propaganda Program: Pentagon Officials Won't Confirm Its Termination

Raw Story | Brad Jacobson | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Bush Propaganda Program, Pentagon Bush Propaganda, Bush Policies, Bush Pentagon Policies, George W. Bush, Government Propaganda, Propaganda, Pentagon Propaganda, Bush Propaganda, Politics News

The covert Bush administration program that used retired military analysts to generate favorable wartime news coverage may not have been terminated, R...

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Information War on Fox: No Upside for Obama Administration

Nancy Snow | Posted 10.26.2009 | Media

Read More: Information War, Rahm Emanuel Chief of Staff, Anita Dunn, Propaganda, David Axelrod, Fox News Channel, Foxification, Media News
Nancy Snow

This is an administration put in office on a campaign pledge of practicality over ideology. In the Fox case, it is treading on ideological terrain. I don't think it's the job of Obama's top staff to use government time to go after Fox.

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Jon Meacham: Fox News Attack Makes Obama Seem More Progressive Than He Really Is

Newsweek | Jon Meacham | Posted 10.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Propaganda, Obama, Media, #Newsweek, Roger Ailes, Tv, Television, Politics, White House, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Rupert Murdoch, Fox News, Meacham, TV News, Fox, John McCain, Media News

To the base, the White House looks tough, willing to hit back--all while the base is getting few of the substantive reforms it has fought for. I am no...

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Raw Story: Bush Pentagon Used Psychological Operation On US Public

The Raw Story | Brad Jacobson | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Psy Ops, Community Relations, Psyops, Pentagon, George W. Bush, Iraq War, Torie Clarke, Iraq, Bryan Whitman, Bush Pentagon, Psychological Operations, Propaganda, Defense Department, Bush, Department of Defense, Politics News

A months-long review of documents and interviews with Pentagon personnel has revealed that the Bush Administration's military analyst program -- aimed...

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Hillary Clinton and Propaganda

John Brown | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Propaganda, Hillary Clinton, Public Diplomacy, Madeleine Albright, Usa, Politics News
John Brown

Hillary Clinton has broken with tradition. She, a high-ranking government official, has admitted that her government engaged in propaganda.

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Why the White House Is 100% Right to Challenge Fox News

Cenk Uygur | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media

Read More: 2000 Election, Think Progress, Gay Rights March, Daily Show, Barack Obama, Propaganda, Opinion, Fox News, Dan Moody, Tea Party, News, Fox News Channel, Journalism, Media News
Cenk Uygur

If Fox News rises up to the challenge of confessing their real identity and real purpose, then -- and only then -- should Obama take on that conservative voice in an interview on their air.

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Mussolini And MI5: Documents Reveal Italy's Fascist Dictator Was Once British Agent

The Guardian | Tom Kington | Posted 10.14.2009 | World

Read More: Moussolini and mi5, Italy, Germany, Nazi Germany, Wwi, mi5, Propaganda, Documents, Wwii, Mussolini a Spy, Mussolini, Fascism, Spy, Was Mussolini a Spy, Benito Moussolini, Secret Agent, Nazi, British Agent, World News

Archived documents have revealed that Mussolini got his start in politics in 1917 with the help of a £100 weekly wage from MI5. For the British in...

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Fox News Propaganda Machine: Encore

Richard Seireeni | Posted 10.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Propaganda, Fox News, Obama, Media, Republican Propaganda, President Obama, Media News
Richard Seireeni

They must be getting pretty desperate over at Fox News HQ. Tonight they posted the following headline: "Records Show Obama Mostly Travels To States He Won."

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Capitalism: A Propaganda Hate Film

Michael Shermer | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bank of America, Aig, Goldman Sachs, Free Markets, Capitalism—a Love Story, Gm, Propaganda, Democracy, Michael Moore, Willie Sutton, Franklin Roosevelt, Capitalism, Second Bill of Rights, Free Enterprise, Great Depression, Politics News
Michael Shermer

In Michael Moore's worldview, a goodly portion of the American people are ignorant, uneducated, clueless pinheads too stupid to realize the fundamental principle of a loan.

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A New Year's Resolution

Larry Gellman | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Commandents, Yom Kippur, Right Wing Media, Nazi, Bible, Hitler, Chofetz Chayim, Judaism, Bloggers, Rosh Hashanah, Propaganda, Temple, Right Wing, Obama, Hebrew-Bible, Barack Obama, Michael Gerson, God, Mind.Body.Soul, Jewish, Torah, New Year's Resolution, Washington Post, Repentence, Confession, Hate Speech, Slander, Adolf Hitler, Loshon Hara, Ira Forman, Living News
Larry Gellman

This Yom Kippur there is reason for concern. The politics of rumor, innuendo, and lies -- sinat chinam -- is on the rise in our community and it hurts us all.

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Fox News Morphs Into Propaganda Machine

Richard Seireeni | Posted 11.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Public Schools, Propaganda, Fox News, Media, Media News
Richard Seireeni

Has anyone noticed how Fox News has turned into a propaganda machine with a single mission of attacking Obama at every turn? It's hard to miss.

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HuffPost Review - Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 11.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Tarp, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, Reviews, Michael Moore, Scott Mendelson, George W. Bush, Propaganda, Documentary, Chris Dodd, Capitalism: A Love Story, Bank Bailout, News, Barack Obama, Movies, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

For the first time that I can remember, a Michael Moore documentary/propaganda piece is less about the subject at hand and more about Michael Moore himself.

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Flash! Glenn Beck Forces President to Resign!

Barton Kunstler, Ph.D. | Posted 11.16.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Glenn Beck Van Jones, Jim Croce, Health Care Reform, Rupert Murdoch, Propaganda, Yosi Sargent, Fox News, Leroy Brown, Political Satire, Obama, National Endowment for the Arts, Comedy News
Barton Kunstler, Ph.D.

In effect, Obama has emboldened Beck with the veto power over presidential appointees that is generally reserved for the Senate.

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Friday Talking Points [93] -- Lies, Lies And Propaganda

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Political discussions in America are fast becoming solely theological in nature.. Each side has their beliefs. Each has their tenets which they fervently defend. Much of this is done on faith.

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The FWDing of the Conservative Revolution

Keith Thomson | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Propaganda, Entrepreneurship, Conservatives, Email, Democrats, Youtube, Marketing, Political Bumper Stickers, Barack Obama, Mba, Politics News
Keith Thomson

If you have a computer, you've probably noticed the torrent of right-wing FWDed emails. Curious about the origins of these FWDs? I enlisted a systems analyst and followed the digital trails backward.

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Pentagon Caught, uh, Promoting Its Interests

Eric Dezenhall | Posted 10.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Propaganda, Pentagon Propaganda, Media Bias, Public Relations, Media News
Eric Dezenhall

As a rule, the more hated an organization, the more vigilant it has to be with the media because of the near certainty its message will be met with intense, and sometimes deserved, resistance.

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Strategic Communications and the Graveyard of Empires

John Brown | Posted 09.29.2009 | World

Read More: Psychological Warfare, Aghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, Propaganda, 9/11, Strategic Communications, Public Affairs, Michael Mullen, Karzai, Public Diplomacy, World News
John Brown

A conflict between Richard Holbrooke and Admiral Michael Mullen over public diplomacy in Afghanistan could be no more than the usual Washington tempest in a teapot. Or it might reflect a major problem.

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A Well-Oiled Crowd Balks at Climate Fix

Russ Baker | Posted 09.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Propaganda, Oil, New York Times, Climate Change, Oil Companies, Climate Bill, Houston, Lobbying, Green News
Russ Baker

We are seeing the explosive growth of efforts by narrow interests in Big Oil, to leverage whatever they can to appeal to those don't have the luxury of thinking beyond their next paycheck.

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Bill O'Reilly-Keith Olbermann Feud Ends with a Corporate Handshake?

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Countdown, General Electric, Ge, Ronald Reagan, Phil Donahue, Countdown With Keith Olbermann, Hudson River, Pcbs, Keith Olbermann, Roger Ailes, Propaganda, Jeffrey Immelt, Willie Horton, Msnbc, Fox News, O'Reilly-Olbermann Rivalry, O'Reilly-Olbermann Feud, Journalism, George H.W. Bush, Rupert Murdoch, Republican Talking Points, News Corporation, Republican Party, Republican Strategist Ailes, Bill O'Reilly, Fox, GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt, Media News
Joseph A. Palermo

Corporate honchos at GE and News Corp making back-room editorial decisions for the "news" subsidiaries they control? I can't help but think it might not be the best thing for the integrity of journalism.

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Mayoral Control of Schools: The New Tyranny

Gerald Bracey | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tyranny, Arne Duncan, Chicago, Michael Bloomberg, Joel Klein, Propaganda, Mayoral Control, Democracy, Failure, Education Reform, New York, Politics News
Gerald Bracey

School boards are fractious and try to micromanage. They are amateurs and prisoners of deeply rooted school bureaucracies. But do mayors do better?

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Top Ten American War Propaganda

Susan Brewer | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Propaganda, War Propaganda, War, Politics News
Susan Brewer

Propaganda messages serve to simplify complex international crises for public consumption. Here are the top ten messages used by the U.S. government over the past century to rally public support for war.

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New Muslim Cool Forges Path for New America

Bakari Kitwana | Posted 07.31.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Islam, New Muslim Cool, Youth, America, Puerto Ricans, Propaganda, Pew Research Study, Arab-Americans, Latino Americans, Recession, Pittsburgh, Generation Gap, Culture, Entertainment News
Bakari Kitwana

Fighting against being defined by America's bygone eras, New Muslim Cool points us toward a more complicated future.

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The "Just Say NO-Bama Campaign": Part 1 - Where Have All the News Editors Gone?

Kimberly Krautter | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mainstream Media, Conservative Media, Obama Apology, Liberal Media, Newspapers, Conservatives, Liberals, Traditional Media, Propaganda, Conservative Talk Radio, Racism, Broadcast-News, Socialism, Barack Obama, Politics News
Kimberly Krautter

I am deeply concerned that the rules of engagement have been irresponsibly relaxed under the pressure to compete for the scoops, exclusives and gotcha-quotes-of-the-day.

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