Moscow-style news video from the White House

Post-9/11 Era Forum

Second time I've seen a report like this. Doesn't this kind of thing hardly raise an eyebrow?

How well known is it that the toppling of Saddam's statue was staged by the US, and there was never any overwhelming support from Baghdad people?

There are now reports coming in that some of the queues at polling stations, reported so widely around the world, weren't in fact polling station queues at all.

News and propoganda and political agendas are becoming one and the same.

Wolf-eyes was stating in another thread that the news were filtered. If you add to this the high load of propaganda pushed by the administration you get this kind of pre-digested misrepresentation of the world as viewed from the USA by the common Americans.
It is no surprise then to find people there still linking Saddam to 9/11 while Bin Laden is still on the loose posting propaganda videos now and then. And no country-scale controversy within the population as to how this criminal is still at large while 1500+ soldiers are dead in Iraq along with more than 100000 Iraqis.

Although I hate to cite the CSM, essentially what they are reporting is true. And nobody cares. Look how many responses to this post there are.....three. There are thousands of members to this site....and three care enough about filtered propoganda to respond to it. And I feel lucky that CJ hasnt come over here to rant about freedom. Still, at least some of us seek the truth. thanks, H@ts.

ps-is that 'hats', or 'hots', or 'hat-s'?, or something else entirely?

I would care, but filtered news has always been a state policy. No state allows complete press freedom. The only difference now is that the propoganda machine is more active than before which is to be expected from the current administration.

M.

That doesnt make it right, or even ok....you deserve to know what happens in the world, everyone does. Do not beome apathetic. If you do, they have won. Fight it. I'll be fighting next to you.

Wolf

I just don't watch TV.

I wish I could spread propaganda on TV. That repeats over and over "TURN OFF YOUR TV TURN OFF YOUR TV TURN OFF YOUR TV"

maybe it would sink in after a while. A nation of non-TV watchers would quickly reduce the effectiveness of propaganda.

After 9-11 I cancelled my cable for two entire years. I was sick of the "news." There is a mountain between my house and the towers so I literally do not receive any signal without cable or satellite. I didn't miss anything.

Stopped watching news for about 6 days now.
Caught a glimpse of about 2 minutes of news just to see.
Of course, it was the Shiavo case and the people seemed vacuous to me.

I'm not cancelling my cable this time...I enjoy movies.

And my job keeps me tethered to a 2 way satellite pager that gives me straight shot news, no baloney, if I get nosy. And its more accurate and round the world than any American media.

If you're really interested in the "truth" or at least close to it, I recommend

http://www.stratfor.com/

If you can discern information from disinformation....it could be a way to go.
Because, let's face it, intelligence is all about picking through the muck for a garnet stone.

Press bias seems to be a universal problem. We have to consider "more or less" biased media sources as well as informations posted in this forum to make an opinion of our own. The stake is to separate the grain from the straw in all cases.

I completely agree. It is quite natural for the people in power to keep their position, and the media is the biggest outlet of selective (mis)information. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the person to use their judgment and be receptive to alternate ideas.

M.

One solution is to shut out the media, then when things happen, you can have more clarity in situations because you haven't been fed the propaganda in advance.
Or just watch and read the news with the attitude of "well, what are they trying to pull over my eyes this time?" Because it's mostly just smoke and mirrors to take people away from what is really happening.
Every once in a while they *accidentally* leak something that was true...and you won't ever see it again.
Those types of things I make a mental note of.

I opt for the second option because the first one can result in a lack of information (except that I don't watch TV). I take everything with a grain of salt, especially those reports that are obviously lopsided.

M.

I am in an overload situation now...so I am opting for the first option...I'll come out of it eventually.

I don't watch the news. Quite honestly what keeps me up to date is INR.
The only use my tv has is for entertainment purposes, like cartoons and movies.