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Israel faces more war-crimes accusations and calls for accountability since
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Excellent summary Rick! I can only add that researchers might care to look into the Creel Commission and the PR industry's godfather, Edward Bernays, for information on how Woodrow Wilson et al used propaganda to drum up support for World War I. I also thought of Carl Bernstein's 1977 expose of the CIA and the Media but I see you're ahead of the herd on this excellent item.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Ray. I thought about mentioning the huge propaganda campaign Wilson used to gin up support for WWI (not to mention the draconian measures he used to suppress dissent), but the essay was already longer than my typical one.
DeleteI have never looked into Bernais, though I know I need to. Do you have any recommendations for good articles? I haven't gotten around to looking at books on his career and work. I didn't even realize he was involved in promoting WWI!
I did have the link to Bernstein's article in the linked essay toward the bottom of this article (The Art and Science of Propaganda), but I should also post it here:
http://carlbernstein.com/magazine_cia_and_media.php