The US Media and Propaganda

[Judi Lynn]

November 23, 2015
The US Media and Propaganda

by Dave Lindorff

Are the American corporate media largely propaganda organs, or news organizations?
Here are a few points to consider, and then you the reader can decide. Check out how one should objectively answer these questions below, and then check how the US corporate media generally answer them:

1. If ISIS or Al Qaeda deliberately attacks a civilian venue as in Paris, killing dozens of civilians indescriminately, is it terrorism?

Objective answer: Yes
US media answer: Yes

2. If the US deliberately attacks a a civilian venue as in the case of the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, killing dozens of civilians indescriminately, is it terrorism?

Objective answer: Yes
US media answer: No

3. If the Chinese government takes control of a tiny island claimed by another nation, expands it, and puts a military installation on it, is it an example of aggression, a violation of international law, and a provocation?

Objective answer: Yes
US media answer: Yes

4. If the US government takes control and then refuses to relinquish a portion of a tiny
island owned by another country, in this instance Cuba, expands it and puts a military installation on it (as it has done now for decades in the case of Guantanamo Bay on the island of Cuba, is it an example of aggression, a violaton of international law and a provocation?

Objective answer: Yes
US media answer: No

More:
http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/11/23/the-us-media-and-propaganda/

[LS_Editor]

1. Corporate Media: War "Wicked Awesome" & ISIS "Very Scary"

This may be satire, but it is far too close to truth.

Corporate Media: War "Wicked Awesome" & ISIS "Very Scary"

WASHINGTON (The Nil Admirari) - Today, the corporate media in the United States urged Americans "to remember how wicked awesome and fun" going to war was when President George W. Bush invaded Iraq in 2003 with absolutely no plan for what to do afterward. For those unconvinced, spurious corporate journalists like everyone on Fox News and CNN's Wolf Blitzer spent the day fearmonging, and interviewed a slew of pro-war guests to convince Americans the Islamic State (ISIS) was so scary the United States must immediately send ground troops back to the Middle East.

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Not to be outdone, CNN's Wolf Blitzer declared, "Everyone needs to remember how wicked awesome and fun war is. I got to hold a gas mask in 2003 while covering the invasion of Iraq from Kuwait. We totally need ground forces back in the Middle East."

[Blue_Tires]

2. Thanks for this...

I was wondering when we'd get today's "because-the-U.S.-did-something-once-all-ther-countries-deserve-a-free-pass" hot take...

Lindorff is a fuckin' moron, and it is intellectually bankrupt to pretend Cuba has anything in common with what's going on in the South China Sea..