Cold War II to McCarthyism II
Cold War II to McCarthyism II
June 8, 2015
Exclusive: With Cold War II in full swing, the New York Times is dusting off what might be called McCarthyism II, the suggestion that anyone who doesnt get in line with U.S. propaganda must be working for Moscow, reports Robert Parry.
By Robert Parry
Perhaps its no surprise that the U.S. governments plunge into Cold War II would bring back the one-sided propaganda themes that dominated Cold War I, but its still unsettling to see how quickly the major U.S. news media has returned to the old ways, especially the New York Times, which has emerged as Official Washingtons propaganda vehicle of choice.
What has been most striking in the behavior of the Times and most other U.S. mainstream media outlets is their utter lack of self-awareness, for instance, accusing Russia of engaging in propaganda and alliance-building that are a pale shadow of what the U.S. government routinely does. Yet, the Times and the rest of the MSM act as if these actions are unique to Moscow.
case in point is Mondays front-page story in the Times entitled Russia Wields Aid and Ideology Against West to Fight Sanctions, which warns: Moscow has brought to bear different kinds of weapons, according to American and European officials: money, ideology and disinformation.
The article by Peter Baker and Steven Erlanger portrays the U.S. government as largely defenseless in the face of this unprincipled Russian onslaught: Even as the Obama administration and its European allies try to counter Russias military intervention across its border, they have found themselves struggling at home against what they see as a concerted drive by Moscow to leverage its economic power, finance European political parties and movements, and spread alternative accounts of the conflict.
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https://consortiumnews.com/2015/06/08/cold-war-ii-to-mccarthyism-ii/