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“[A] NEW and subtler instrument must weld
thousands and thousands and even millions of
human brings into one amalgamated mass of hate,
will and hope. A new will must burn out the canker
of dissent and temper the steel of bellicose
enthusiasm. The name of this new hammer and
anvil of social solidarity is propaganda. Talk must
take the place of drill; print must supply the dance.
War dances live in literature, and at the fringes of
the modern earth; war propaganda breathes and
fumes in the capitals and provinces of the world. –
HAROLD LASSWELL, Propaganda Techniques
in the World War, 1927.
“PERSONALLY, I was shocked while in the United
States by how unquestioning the broadcast news
media was during this war.” – GREG DYKE, BBC
Director General, 2003.
“HE’S a warmonger. He promoted it.” – TED
TURNER on Rupert Murdoch.
“THERE were horrors that were completely left out
of this war. So was this journalism? Or was this
coverage…As a journalist, I have been ostracized
just from going on television and saying, ‘Here’s
what the leaders of Hizbollah, a radical Moslem
group, are telling me about what is needed to bring
peace to Israel.’ And, ‘Here’s what the Lebanese are
saying.’ Like it or lump it, don’t shoot the
messenger, but that’s what they do.” – ASHLEIGH
BANFIELD, MSNBC.
PRODUCING THE WAR
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“Watching war on TV from a distance, is pulse
pounding entertainment That’s damn good
entertainment. We need to show people the
consequences of war. People die in war.”
— TED KOPPEL, ABC Nightline.
“THERE is something deeply corrupt consuming
this craft of mine. It is not a recent phenomenon;
look back on the “coverage” of the First World
War by journalists who were subsequently
knighted for their services to the concealment of
the truth of that great slaughter. What makes the
difference today is the technology that produces
an avalanche of repetitive information, which in
the United States has been the source of arguably
the most vociferous brainwashing in that
country’s history. A war that was hardly a war, that
was so one-sided it ought to be dispatched with
shame in the military annals, was reported like a
Formula One race...” – JOHN PILGER, columnist
and TV producer, U.K.
“AFTER September 11, the country wants more
optimism and benefit of the doubt, it’s about being
positive instead of negative.” – ERIC SORENSON,
MSNBC.
“YOU couldn’t hire actors to do as good a job
as the press has ‘done’ from the Pentagon’s point
of view.” – Former Pentagon Media spokesperson
KENNETH BACON, in The Wall Street
Journal.