BBC propoganda
So the BBC News website has a headline - “Vegetarians get fewer cancers” .
All very interesting until you actually read it and find out that this is not the whole story:
……surprisingly, the researchers also found a higher rate of colorectal cancer - a disease linked with eating red meat - among the vegetarians.
epidemiological studies are always a bit dodgy, but it is amusing that the headline was as it was rather than saying: Vegetarians get more cancer!
March 22nd, 2009 at 12:48 am
Propoganda?
Does anyone have any good information on definitions for propoganda-ethical nature…and the future of propoganda?
Would love some links, data, etc.
March 22nd, 2009 at 5:50 am
Here is a great example:
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http://www.democrats.org/
March 22nd, 2009 at 5:52 am
Use the search engines… you're spelling it wrong:
Propaganda
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March 22nd, 2009 at 5:54 am
prop·a·gan·da Pronunciation (prp-gnd)
n.
1. The systematic propagation of a doctrine or cause or of information reflecting the views and interests of those advocating such a doctrine or cause.
2. Material disseminated by the advocates or opponents of a doctrine or cause: wartime propaganda.
3. Propaganda Roman Catholic Church A division of the Roman Curia that has authority in the matter of preaching the gospel, of establishing the Church in non-Christian countries, and of administering Church missions in territories where there is no properly organized hierarchy.
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/propaganda
March 22nd, 2009 at 5:56 am
Just turn of Fox News
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March 22nd, 2009 at 5:58 am
propaganda, yes. Here…go to http://www.freepress.net/press/release.php?id=116
its a story about how the white house has been putting out fakle news to news stations and they play it as if it were produced by them, and they never say that it was made by the government.
they try to change public opinion on their policies this way.
Another example is "24" or "COPS" on fox. on 24, jack bauer tortures people all the time, and this can desensitize the viewers to the idea of torture, and seeing it done to someone's chnildren on tv will make people think that its ok. On COPS, everybody that is stopped is obviously guilty, they always talk to the cops and confess everything. they never get away when they run on the show, All of the people who were stopped are like poor white trash or poor black people,
when the line between law enforcement and entertainment is blurred, you can pretty much count on it being used for propaganda.
Oh, and from 24, there was a lot of talk about concentration camps…and surprise, there are some being built in the united states right now. Ask yourself why?
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here are more:
http://www.freepress.net/propaganda/=slushfund
http://http://www.freepress.net/fakenews/
http://www.prisonplanet.com
http://www.infowars.com
March 22nd, 2009 at 6:00 am
I think wikipedia is a great place to start. Check their links at the bottom of the page especially and use terms contained within the articles for more sources and internet searches. Don't use Wikipedia for a direct source, but it organizes interesting stuff like no one else.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_in_the_United_States
Reporters Without Borders rate the US at #53 in terms of Free Press.
Check back on my answer, I may have a couple other interesting links.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6100906.stm
Great subject. We've had propaganda much longer that you would think.
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