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Propaganda Nation: Can Truth Retain Its Independence? »

Posted by: populist 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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When government and special interests finance education and research, and the media is concentrated in a few large corporations dependent on government broadcast licenses, there is not much room left for truth.

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populist2 months, 2 weeks ago

"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State."
--Joseph Goebbels
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  populist2 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  just thought that was, sadly, quite appropriate for our times.
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  ETproductions2 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  The original quote comes from Hitler. I pray that those who apply that maxim here meet the same fate, and sooner than Hitler did.
  As Lincoln said, "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time."
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    Will13132 months, 2 weeks ago
    
    fool me once.. can't get fooled again... GW Bush.. WOW..
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  newbie04202 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  "If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it."
  Sorta like the "CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN" lie?
  Obama sure does repeat that one....
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    Destry2 months, 2 weeks ago
    
    newbie420 Sorta like the "CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN" lie?
    Obama sure does repeat that one....
    Your statement is merely a meaningless biased political statement that you cannot backup with facts. How do you know
    that Obama cannot bring on changes that may be good for our country?
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      newbie04202 months, 2 weeks ago
      
      "How do you know that Obama cannot bring on changes that may be good for our country?"
      I don't know for sure but judging by the complete lack of change he has brought to my home state of Illinois I at least have something to base my claim on.
      How do you know that Obama CAN bring changes that may be good for our country?
      
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        Destry2 months, 2 weeks ago
        
        newbie420 - How do you know that Obama CAN bring changes that may be good for our country?
        I didn't say he could if you would read my post. However, I believe any change would be better than what McCain would offer. By your posts I am assuming that you are a neocon, not a republican, correct?
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tehranchik2 months, 2 weeks ago

He forgot to mention Rich and Krugman in the good guys!
fta: "Does anyone think we will ever see a study from the American Enterprise Institute, for example, that is critical of Israel's policy toward the Palestinians, the military-industrial complex, or the offshoring of American jobs?"
It is hard to imagine.
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  populist2 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  agreed - it would probably affect their funding...
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  tehranchik2 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  And btw, what kind of derogatory term is 'whistleblower'? They should be called heros.
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    populist2 months, 2 weeks ago
    
    well, they clearly hate america...don't they?
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thoughtforsale2 months, 2 weeks ago

There is one point, I would like to remind of: It is also the consumer who decides! A newspaper with a competent and critic columnist will have the readers it merits, and be it on the long run ...
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  wtagg2 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  I think what is being pointed out is that the consumer may be drawn to what they want to hear versus the truth. It also supports your comment.
  As Pete Sinfield once wrote:
  The Christmas we get we deserve.
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    populist2 months, 2 weeks ago
    
    and we're getting plenty of bad "christmas" around d.c. these days!
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Charlson2 months, 2 weeks ago

"In America, money, not truth, has the power."
This statement is mostly true but sometimes truth trumps money by revolt whether violent or peaceful.
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