The Network For Church Monitoring website posted this link regarding 14 propaganda techniques found on Foxymoron News. It's a fascinating read, and calls to memory much of the work done by media observers like Robert Greenwald. On a darker note, it's also reminiscent of the work of Joseph Goebbels - the techniques noted (bullying, projection, etc.) are time-tested, and have been used by propagandists through the ages to attempt to bend and sculpt popular opinion toward a desired direction.
Articles like this - those that alert us as media consumers - are becoming increasingly relevant in this era of media consolidation. It pays to keep in mind who owns what in this American society, in that our government (at all levels), is owned by those that contribute the most "lubricant" (money) to the machine. Those that own the media machine in this country, also own the government through their lobbyists and campaign contributions. There is almost no separation between the two camps now - and when corporate and governmental interests and functions merge, what do you have?
Fascism.
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