PROPAGANDA

Mediachannel.org: We Need More Propaganda, Not Less by Nancy Snow

Like the Cold War, the Terror Age is being fought primarily through Information Wars. Capture and control of the public mind is nothing to fear if we understand that propaganda is a neutral concept. It refers to any systematic process of mass persuasion; it's often misunderstood as censorship or lying (although that does manifest too).

Most mainstream news media cover the Information Wars like a World Wrestling Federation competition--in this corner, Bush rhetoric: "Ultimately, one of the best weapons, one of the truest weapons that we have against terrorism is to show the world the true strength of our character and kindness of the American people." In the other corner, bin Laden rhetoric: "The call to wage war against America was made because America has spearheaded the crusade against the Islamic nation, sending tens of thousands of its troops to the land of the two Holy Mosques over and above its meddling in its affairs and its politics, and its support of the oppressive, corrupt and tyrannical regime that is in control." (Gee, bin Laden, tell us what you really think.)

Interassanter Artikel von Nancy Snow. Die Frau hat schon in sämtlichen Propaganda-Abteilungen der USA gearbeitet. Ihre Firma Rendon Group hat im ersten Golfkrieg die Geschichte über die Iraker die in Kuweit Babies aus Brutkästen reissen erfunden. Rendon Corp. ist auch im Moment wieder daran der Öffentlichkeit einen Irak-Krieg zu verkaufen oder den amerikanern beizubringen das die Saudis gar keine Terrorristen sind. Sie hat auch ein neues Buch geschrieben: Information War by Nancy Snow. Sie berichtet darin über die Veränderung der offiziellen US-Propaganda seit 9.11 ist glaub noch interessant wenn man den Kritiken glauben schenken kann

Asia Times: This war brought to you by Rendon Group
"Word got around the department that I was a good Arabic translator who did a great Saddam imitation," recalls the Harvard grad student. "Eventually, someone phoned me, asking if I wanted to help change the course of Iraq policy."
So twice a week, for US$3,000 a month, the Iraqi student says, under condition of anonymity, that he took a taxi from his campus apartment to a Boston-area recording studio rented by the Rendon Group, a DC-based public relations firm with close ties to the US government. His job: translate and dub spoofed Saddam Hussein speeches and tongue-in-cheek newscasts for broadcast throughout Iraq."