Four Levels of Propaganda

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Four Levels of Propaganda

• The First level the Big Lie, adapted by Hitler
  and Stalin.
• example Israelis bombed the WTC to embarrass
  Arabs

Second It doesn't have to be the truth, so long
as its plausible.
Third tell the truth but withhold the other
side's point of view.
The fourth and most productive is to tell the
truth, the good and the bad, the losses and the
gains.
Governments in Western society take the last
three steps. They avoid the Big Lie, which nobody
here will swallow.
According to Professor Arthur Siegel, York Univ.
(Canada), as quoted by Beth Gillin in the
Philadelphia Inquirer, 21 Oct. 2001.
Source www.globalissues.org/HumanRights/Media/Mil
itary.asp
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Lets Go To War!orLets Keep Our Boys Home!
Voice or no voice, the people can always be
brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is
easy. All you have to do is tell them they are
being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers
for lack of patriotism
and exposing the country to danger. It works the
same in any country.
-- Gen. Hermann Goering, Nazi Party leader, 1946
Source www.globalissues.org/HumanRights/Media/Pro
paganda/Iraq.asp
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Fear
Atrocity
A report came out of the Atomic -- the IAEA --
that they were six months away from developing a
weapon. I don't know what more evidence we need.
-- George W. Bush, Sept. 7, 2002
Sources abovehttp//www.globalissues.org/HumanR
ights/Media/Propaganda/Iraq.asp at right
http//www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/iraq203/
crossroads03.html
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Gulf War Atrocity the Dead Babies
justification tactics by proponents of
military intervention ... brought us the entirely
false reports, in 1990, that Iraqi soldiers were
killing babies in Kuwait City by switching off
hospital incubators - brought to us by
Washington PR firm Hill and Knowlton. Maggie
O'Kane recounted her meeting with nurses at the
hospital who were utterly mystified by these
stories. The source turned out to be the
fifteen-year-old daughter of the Kuwaiti
ambassador to Washington, who was presented to
the US Congress as a nurse but, in fact, had not
been to Kuwait in years. As O'Kane says "There's
always a dead babies story." The effect is to
demonize the enemy and create a sense of urgency
which admits no time for diplomacy.
Source www.poiesis.org/pjo/pjotext.html
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Glittering Generalities
Name Calling
The Butcher of Baghdad -- appellation for
Saddam Hussein
Operation Iraqi Freedom -- U.S. title for 2003
military operation
Defend America -- Title of Defense Department
Website for Operation Iraqi Freedom
Chemical Ali The Snake -- nicknames for
Saddams cousin Ali and son Qusay, respectively
Sources (left, lower) http//www.defendamerica.mi
l/iraq/iraqifreedom.html, (right, upper)
http//www.forward.com/issues/1998/98.12.25/news.h
tml
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A Word from the Taliban
We warn the crusaders openly that your dreams
about Afghanistan will never come true and you
can not stop the Muslims of the world who have
sworn to follow the path of their ancestor
Salah-ed-Din Yusuf ibn-Ayyub Saladin. We believe
that God willing, the days will come soon when
Afghanistan will become more terrible for the
Americans than Vietnam and Somalia and they will
be thrown out disgracefully just as the Russians
and British were..
http//www.propagandacritic.com/articles/examples.
afghanistan.html