Congress funding media propaganda machine

Congress funding media propaganda machine



Congress is spending billions on the Broadcasting Board of Governors, all the while cutting funds for public broadcasting. Why is it so? Author Eva Golinger says that the media perpetuated abroad by America is delivering US propaganda outside of the country. There is always a double standard when it comes to US foreign policy, says Golinger, who thinks the US' media apparatus is being used to shape public opinion outside of the States.

Mainstream media driven by profits, celebrities

Mainstream media driven by profits, celebrities


There is still a double standard between how the American mainstream media treats US officials and foreigners. Has the American press become too soft on its politicians or are they concerned with other things? Russ Baker says the American media owned by corporations are driven by profits and why they flaunt celebrities over facts

US using Cold War propaganda

US using Cold War propaganda


Most propaganda images dating back to the Cold War look outdated now, but the ideas of embedding a message could turn out to be more relevant than ever with some of the Cold War-style propaganda and modern day propaganda have too much in common for comfort. RT's Anastasia Churkina reports

Alex Jones: WikiLeaks credibility skyrocketing

Alex Jones: WikiLeaks credibility skyrocketing


As people continue to decipher the thousands of US sensitive documents that were released by whistleblowing website WikiLeaks, what will the end result be? Many people believe it shows the government is doing a good job of protecting its citizens and doing the right thing. However, others are saying the documents are incredibly damaging to the US. Radio Host Alex Jones says it will take time to go over all of the documents but most of the information is not a big surprise

Mainstream media, US propaganda

Mainstream media, US propaganda


Propaganda is something you might expect from a dictatorship government but what about the United States? In the early 1980's, the US State Department launched a covert propaganda war against its own people. Founder and President of the Institute for Public Accuracy Norman Solomon says that US government propaganda continues today through mainstream media as an extension of the government

Otto Reich's Legacy of White Propaganda

Otto Reich's Legacy of White Propaganda


In the 1980s, the State Department's Office of Public Diplomacy planted editorials in major newspapers, intimidated reporters and even employed psychological warfare experts from the Pentagon in order to garner public support for its controversial, costly and violent Contra War in Central America. Behind this effort was Otto Reich, a Cuban-American diplomat and anti-communist crusader. Although the Office of Public Diplomacy became the sacrificial lamb of the Iran Contra Scandal following a congressional investigation, Reich moved on unscathed to become US ambassador to Venezuela and Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs. The legacy of white propaganda in the 1980s paved the way for similar manipulation of the media in the run-up to the Iraq War

Grenada invasion, 'The big lie' of US media

Grenada invasion, 'The big lie' of US media


Before the Iraq war there was Grenada, 27 years ago the United States sent 7,000 troops to invade the tiny country. The US media hyped up the invasion and made it appear necessary that the US invade to get rid of Cuban occupiers. Author Glen Ford says corporate media continues to prove how it can better spread war propaganda.