Posts Tagged ‘propaganda’

For those Americans living in a cave since George W. Bush took office, "Swift Boat Veterans For Truth" is an organization founded to perpetuate falsehoods, engage in fraud and spread political propaganda.   The Swift Boat Liars, as I call them, is once again announcing its intention to smear a Democratic ...

Manipulating Americans Has Never Been Easier, thanks to New Media The media was always prone to bias and influence, but it is facing a very stark challenge from bloggers that threaten its existence as we know it. "Citizen journalism" has become a strong delivery tool for propagandists to flourish while their words ...

Hillary Clinton has been implying that Obama and his campaign are trying to stop people from voting.  She's been trying to paint Barack Obama as anti-Democratic.  Here's something she told voters in Montana: "My take on it is a lot of Senator Obama's supporters want to end this race because they ...

Republican war-supporters convinced America to support George W. Bush's Iraq invasion.  The only real excuse aside from the overwhelming use of nationalism and patriotism to achieve political agendas was that President Bush and Administration made a "mistake", an error in judgment that should be excused.  A decade after the fact, ...

Rare is the columnist that deigns to comment on the work of another. The rarity of these occasions must stem from some professional courtesy extended to other artisans dedicated to sociopolitical wordcraft, except in such odd circumstances that a columnist has stepped on another's toes (such as when Bob ...

Fear, Propaganda and Scaring Up Votes For Political Power in America I thought we'd have to wait for John McCain's opposition to Democrats before we got another taste of the fear tactics that I used to rail on Rudy Giuliani for. Rudy Giuliani is well-known for exploiting 9/11 and fear to try ...

Here's an article on the Democratic primary, headline reads: FOX News Poll: Obama Has Slim Edge Over McCain, Half Would Never Vote for Clinton If Clinton wins the nomination, 63 percent of Democrats think she should pick Obama as her running mate. If Obama wins, fewer Democrats think he should choose Clinton ...

The general election hasn't even started and John McCain is swinging -- and missing -- at fast balls tossed by the media.  John McCain has been implicated in a scandal, by the NY Times, that alleges he had an affair with a lobbyist named Vicki Iseman.   He apparently wrote letters ...

The Politico has reported that Hillary Clinton isn't going down without a fight.  A Clinton aide recently alleged that Barack Obama is plagiarizing speeches.  The aide in question is Howard Wolfson, who happens to be the Clinton campaign's communications director.  He accused Senator Barack Obama of committing plagiarism in a ...

In our strongly divided nation, one thing is certain, either you've acquired BDS - Bush Derangement Syndrome(tm) or you have a rare disease that makes you immune to BDS -- Bush Disease. If the latter is the case, then you're likely ready to go down with Bush's ship at ...

If you haven't seen this HBO documentary yet, it's worth your time to check it out. Summary: This documentary exposes the vulnerability of computers - which count approximately 80% of America's votes in county, state and federal elections - suggesting that if our votes aren't safe, then our democracy isn't safe ...

U.S. Military Spends Quarter Of A Billion Dollars Per Year On "Concerned Local Citizens" To Stay 'Neutral'. Was MoveOn.org right to publish the controversial "Betray-us" ad in the NY Times? As it turns out, the good General Petraeus has come up with the perfect scheme that allows the illegal Iraq war -- ...

Ron Paul was interviewed on CNN by Wolf Blitzer. On the issue of articles that were published in his name, he said that he has no idea who wrote the articles. He claims that this is a hit job by the politicos and partisans and there is ...

The buzz on social networks is the latest attempt by Hillary Clinton's campaign to get back into the race. The media pundits have made some remarks about Bill Clinton's latest sound bytes regarding Hillary Clinton's candidacy. He's brilliant, the statement is highly calculated and intelligent, but people just aren't ...

Is media political bias the future of corporate journalism? It must be bash on Giuliani week. If it was the White Houser online magazine, that's one thing... but when Politico outs the former Mayor and then the NY Times all but calls Rudy Giuliani a liar, you know he's in trouble. ...

Ari Fleischer, latest media scandal comes to light after 15 million dollars are funneled into the "Patriotic" support group dubbed "Freedom Watch". The former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer has taken charge of a White House front group raised to defend Bush's escalation. Recently, Fleischer was asked a very ...

If you missed my recent rant against tyranny and oppression by our King, you may want to read it as this article continues along the same lines. The article below supports my arguments and unfortunately, validates some of my worst fears. So much for invoking the spirit of Reagan, ...