Tag Archives: Edward Bernays

John Pilger: Have Western Democracies Mutated Into War Propagandists?

February 24, 2022 · by · in Freedom of Speech, mainstream media, Media, Militarism, Military Madness · 1 Comment

“The war hysteria that has rolled in like a tidal wave in recent weeks and months is the most striking example. Known by its jargon, “shaping the narrative,” much if not most of it is pure propaganda.”

Noam Chomsky’s Theory of the Good Life, an interview by Ezra Klein

April 23, 2021 · by · in Current Issues · 1 Comment

“In fact, anarchist society should be highly organized, but under popular control of a free informed community, which can interact without illegitimate forces controlling them.”

As Corporate Capitalists Beg For Socialism, Let’s Not Forget They Tried To Destroy It

April 1, 2020 · by · in capitalist system, mainstream media, manufacturing consent, psychological warfare · 1 Comment

“MAINSTREAM MEDIA is more afraid of socialism than it is of COVID-19. “How the mainstream media manufactures consent to the programs for the corporations instead of for the people of the United States.

Lifting of US Propaganda Ban Gives New Meaning to Old Song

March 8, 2018 · by · in corporate media, mainstream media, manufacturing consent, Media, psychological warfare · 1 Comment

Planting Stories in the Press: With the propaganda ban now a relic, the once-covert propaganda machine long used to justify war after war is now operating out in the open and out of control.

Chris Hedges and Abby Martin — Propaganda Buries Facts and Manipulates Emotions

February 25, 2018 · by · in corporate media empire, manufacturing consent, Media Criticism, psychological warfare · 1 Comment

How the US military uses propaganda in covering wars. Complicity of reporters.

John Pilger | Inside the Invisible Government: War, Propaganda, Clinton & Trump

November 8, 2016 · by · in Government/Politics, manufacturing consent, Media, psychological warfare · 1 Comment

Today, the invisible government has never been more powerful and less understood.

Chris Hedges: Why Israel Lies

August 4, 2014 · by · in Human Rights, Israel, Palestine, U.S. Foreign Policy · 1 Comment

 I saw small boys baited and killed by Israeli soldiers in the Gaza refugee camp of Khan Younis. The soldiers swore at the boys in Arabic over the loudspeakers of their armored jeep. The boys, about 10 years old, then threw stones at an Israeli vehicle and the soldiers opened fire, killing some, wounding others. […]

John Pilger> Understanding The Latest Leaks Is Understanding The Rise Of A New Fascism

June 23, 2013 · by · in corporate empire, Military Madness

Snowden’s revelation that Washington has used Google, Facebook, Apple and other giants of consumer technology to spy on almost everyone, is further evidence of a modern form of fascism — that is the “abyss”. Having nurtured old-fashioned fascists around the world – from Latin America to Africa and Indonesia – the genie has risen at […]

Video> The Secret Government> Propaganda’s Founding Father Edward Bernays Exposed!

April 23, 2012 · by · in corporate media, Human Rights, Media · 1 Comment

Published on Apr 4, 2012 by swagny3000 Darrin McBreen reports on the Father of Propaganda: Edward Bernays. In Propaganda (1928), Bernays argued that the manipulation of public opinion was a necessary part of democracy: The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate […]