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On AlterNet: propaganda

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "propaganda"

The Military Invades U.S. Schools: How Military Academies Are Being Used to Destroy Public Education

The Military Invades U.S. Schools: How Military Academies Are Being Used to Destroy Public Education

Brian Roa, TruthOut.org. July 1, 2009.
In Chicago, there's a push to replace public schools with military academies. This model may soon spread to the rest of the country.

The Corporate Media State Has Deformed American Culture -- Time to Fight Back

The Corporate Media State Has Deformed American Culture -- Time to Fight Back

Chris Hedges, Truthdig. June 30, 2009.
Progressives must embrace emotion and passion to counter the force of corporate propaganda.

Time Warner Lays Groundwork for Future Rip-Off

Time Warner Lays Groundwork for Future Rip-Off

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. June 1, 2009.
Time Warner Cable has changed its terms of service, making it easier for the ISP and cable giant to price-gouge Internet users.

Bob Gates Says Iran Arming Taliban ... He Can't Be Trusted

Bob Gates Says Iran Arming Taliban ... He Can't Be Trusted

Joshua Holland, AlterNet AlterNet: World. May 28, 2009.
He has not been as horrid as he might have been, but that doesn't mean Gates is a straight shooter.

GOP Pretends to Care About Patient's Rights

GOP Pretends to Care About Patient's Rights

Lois Uttley, May 18, 2009.
Meet the newest defender of reproductive rights: Frank Luntz, a GOP strategist plotting to sink health care reform with lies about "patient's rights."

The Iraq 'Surge': Still a Failure (Updated)

The Iraq 'Surge': Still a Failure (Updated)

Joshua Holland, AlterNet AlterNet: War on Iraq. April 3, 2009.
As U.S. jets blow up some former "Sons of Iraq."

Do Republicans Believe Their Own Bullsh*t?

Do Republicans Believe Their Own Bullsh*t?

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Media and Technology. March 4, 2009.
When Republican officials repeat obvious falsehoods, are they deliberately trying to deceive, or are they just woefully confused?

GOP Launching Smear Tactics Perfected During Clinton Years on Obama

GOP Launching Smear Tactics Perfected During Clinton Years on Obama

Robert Parry, Consortium News. March 3, 2009.
Republicans seem incapable of coming up with any other strategy than to seek Obama's destruction, much as they torpedoed Clinton.

Pentagon Propaganda Spending Explodes: 'We Have Such a Massive Apparatus Selling the Military to Us'

Pentagon Propaganda Spending Explodes: 'We Have Such a Massive Apparatus Selling the Military to Us'

Joshua Holland, AlterNet AlterNet: War on Iraq. February 7, 2009.
This year, the Pentagon will employ 27,000 people just for recruitment, advertising and public relations.

Fox News Is Using the Obamas to Perfect Its Racist Attacks on Black America

Fox News Is Using the Obamas to Perfect Its Racist Attacks on Black America

Tolu Olorunda, The Black Commentator. January 29, 2009.
Fox has some help from Juan Williams, its African American go-to guy for black-bashing.

The Unsinkable Career of America's Leading Twerpo-Imperialist Pundit, Max Boot

The Unsinkable Career of America's Leading Twerpo-Imperialist Pundit, Max Boot

Mark Ames, The Nation. January 14, 2009.
After the way they goaded us into an epic military disaster, why do media warmongers still have jobs?

How Israeli Intelligence Fabricated a Frequently-Repeated Myth to Justify Tel Aviv's Aggression

How Israeli Intelligence Fabricated a Frequently-Repeated Myth to Justify Tel Aviv's Aggression

Ira Chernus, Foreign Policy in Focus. January 14, 2009.
Israeli intelligence concluded after Camp David that Yassir Arafat was willing to follow the Oslo process -- but that's not what they told lawmakers.

Pat Tillman, Jessica Lynch Fall Down Bush Admin's Memory Hole

Pat Tillman, Jessica Lynch Fall Down Bush Admin's Memory Hole

Steven Reynolds, The All Spin Zone AlterNet: PEEK. July 16, 2008.
These guys say "I can't recall" enough to make you think that they have some sort of disease.

Bush Nominates Neocon War Apologist to U.S. Propaganda Board

Bush Nominates Neocon War Apologist to U.S. Propaganda Board

KingOneEye, Daily Kos AlterNet: PEEK. July 13, 2008.
Not that we had a ton of credibility overseas to begin with.

U.S. Continues to Brutalize Iraqis in the Cause of the 'Surge'

U.S. Continues to Brutalize Iraqis in the Cause of the 'Surge'

Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com. June 30, 2008.
Five years after the invasion, to speak of this urge to surge and its results as "success" or as "good news" is essentially obscene.

Chavez's Call for FARC Disarmament Takes Washington By Surprise

Chavez's Call for FARC Disarmament Takes Washington By Surprise

Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet. June 11, 2008.
Political chasm between Washington and Latin America continues to deepen, as Chavez rejects FARC's armed campaign.

Photos in Colombia's

Photos in Colombia's "Magic Laptop" Undermine Claim of Chavez-FARC Connection

Daniel Denvir, NACLA. May 31, 2008.
The pix suggest an intelligence agency -- either Colombia's or that of an "allied" government -- operating in Ecuador.

House Votes to Ban Pentagon Propaganda: Networks Still Silent

House Votes to Ban Pentagon Propaganda: Networks Still Silent

Josh Silver, Huffington Post. May 26, 2008.
You probably didn't hear about the House voting to ban Pentagon propaganda -- since the networks have failed to cover the story.

Dialing for Dollars in Cuba

Dialing for Dollars in Cuba

Machetera, Machetera. May 24, 2008.
The U.S. government p.r. creation, the “Ladies in White,” (Damas de Blanco) takes money from right-wing terrorists.

Just Where Are Those Iranian Weapons That the Bushies Say Are Flooding Iraq?

Just Where Are Those Iranian Weapons That the Bushies Say Are Flooding Iraq?

Gareth Porter, IPS News. May 23, 2008.
The military insists that Iranian arms are fueling the Iraqi insurgency, but continue to provide little evidence to back up the claim.

Hollywood Is Becoming the Pentagon's Mouthpiece for Propaganda

Hollywood Is Becoming the Pentagon's Mouthpiece for Propaganda

Nick Turse, Tomdispatch.com. May 22, 2008.
In the new film Iron Man, the people cast as terrorists take the fall for what the U.S. has done in the real world.

How the Pentagon Media Machine Operated

How the Pentagon Media Machine Operated

Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report AlterNet: War on Iraq. May 13, 2008.
New documents shed light on the Pentagon's war propaganda machine.

Washington's Great Inflation Hoax

Washington's Great Inflation Hoax

Kevin Phillips, Huffington Post. May 10, 2008.
The federal government's CPI measurement doesn't capture the pain many Americans are feeling today.

Pentagon Releases Propaganda Documents -- Will the Media Pay Attention?

Pentagon Releases Propaganda Documents -- Will the Media Pay Attention?

John Stauber, PR Watch. May 7, 2008.
With 8,000 pages of documents online for the world to see, will the networks continue their media blackout?

What the Pentagon Pundits Were Selling on the Side

What the Pentagon Pundits Were Selling on the Side

Diane Farsetta, Center for Media and Democracy. May 5, 2008.
The Pentagon pundit scandal was not only a corrupt marriage of propaganda and corporate lobbying -- it was completely illegal.