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Red Alert To War Propaganda

Comment by Larry Ross, March 19, 2007

This paper is an excellent guide to how propaganda permeates and influences our opinions and guides our reactions. It is one of the best I have seen. Given the power of the Bush Administration over the media, it is unlikely that the mass media will report the facts about Bush's deceits to initiate wars of aggression. 

People who study this paper and its references, are less likely to be fooled by Bush's war propaganda. Bush lies, are endlessly repeated as facts. The media seldom allow questioning or doubting articles or letters. Official US war propaganda is taken as holy writ by our supposed 'news' organizations without question. Thus a casual news reader and observer, is very, easily taken in. The antidote to Bush regime war propaganda is the internet. People can develop their judgements on vital issues by starting their search on http://www.nuclearfree.org.nz/archives  and moving on to the rich source of many other articles on Internet.

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United State of Minds

Studying methods of mind control can be problemmatical

by Daniel M Pourkesali , March 15, 2007

America's methods of mind control or better put, manufacturing consent through efficient and careful use of media, must be the envy of every tyrannical dictator ruling the most oppressive regimes in the world.

Edward Bernays [1], regarded by many as "father of public relations" and as a member of the Committee on Public Information (CPI or Creel Committee) who helped U.S. President Woodrow Wilson organize publicity on behalf of U.S. objectives during World War I,  once said   "If we understand the mechanism and motives of the group mind, it is possible to control and regiment the masses according to our will without their knowing it."  He called this scientific technique of opinion molding the "engineering of consent".

Shaping of one's attitude, beliefs, and personality without that person's knowledge or consent works by gradually exerting increasing control through a variety of techniques which includes repetition and herding. The first one is relatively easy to detect. For example, pick any news story about the current Iranian president and you'll quickly note that he is in most instances introduced as " Iran's hard-line president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad"[2]. Has anyone ever heard of Mr. Bush being described as America's 'preemptive strike' president?  

Another example is the emphasis on and blaming most acts of terror around the world as being committed by "Islamic Fundamentalists"[3] or "Islamic Radicals"[4]. As if Moslems have secured legal patents on use of fundamentalism and radicalism.

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