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In Libya, US Fights With Words as Well as Weapons

Mar 29th 2011 – 3:37AM

WASHINGTON -- International military forces are using words as well as weapons to try to weaken the grip of Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi and urge his troops to turn against him. They are dropping leaflets targeting government troops as well as flying a U.S. propaganda plane that broadcasts to forces of the North...

Rolling Stone: General Deployed Psy-Ops Against US Senators

By Mara GayFeb 24th 2011 – 1:27PM
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The U.S. Army ordered a "psychological operations" team to manipulate visiting U.S. senators into pushing for more funding and troops for the war in Afghanistan, according to a report in Rolling Stone magazine. Three-star U.S. general Lt. Gen. William Caldwell is accused of deploying propaganda techniques, which the...

Rolling Stone's Big Army Psy-Ops Story: Here Are the 5 Juiciest Nuggets From It

By Torie BoschFeb 24th 2011 – 11:11AM

Did the Army deploy psychological warfare on U.S. politicians? That's the implication of an explosive story from Rolling Stone's Michael Hastings. In "Another Runaway General: Army Deploys Psy-Ops on U.S. Senators," Hastings reports that experts in "psy-ops," or psychological operations, in Afghanistan were asked to use...

NKorea Turns to Twitter in Propaganda War

By Terence NeilanAug 20th 2010 – 2:24PM
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KNS / AFP / Getty Images

(Aug. 20) -- The war of words between North Korea and South Korea has reached an unexpected new high, or perhaps a new low. North Korea has embraced Twitter, YouTube and now possibly Facebook to step up its propaganda aimed at riling the South. But Seoul has responded by blocking at least one of the accounts, with more...

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Craig Werner: Celebrity, Authority and The Ghost of Tom Joad

By Craig Werner May 17th 2012 - 02:15PM

Our discussion in class about the influence of both the media and particular people in the media on people in terms of voting really had me thinking about a whole realm of things.

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Tears Of A Killer: Breivik Cries At Own Propaganda Film

By The Huffington Post UK Apr 16th 2012 - 08:13AM

Anders Breivik showed no emotion as a court read out gruesome details of the 77 people he murdered - but a 12 minute propaganda film outlining his beliefs caused the self-confessed killer to weep.

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  • 06/03/12 Gold: The History of Gold (Part I) Source: GoldSeek.com The content on this site is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws and is the property of GoldSeek.com and/or the providers of the content under license.
  • 06/01/12 Sussex Courier published Remember the biggest... Source: This is Sussex - Sussex - UK He recalled the transmitter – named after legendary singer Gracie Fields' song The Biggest Aspidistra In The World, was used as a key weapon in broadcasting propaganda against Nazi Germany.
  • 06/01/12 Holocaust Museum exhibit in Naples shows how comic... Source: Lehigh Acres News Star - Lehigh Acres FL Hitler seemed unstoppable as he and his Nazis gobbled up Europe in the early 40s.
  • 05/31/12 LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Granite Crashes Anti-Quarry... Source: Temecula Patch - Temecula CA On Tuesday evening, I was present at a Save Our Southwest Hills meeting. future plans, legal and otherwise as well as other strategies (pertaining to the Liberty Quarry project).
  • 05/31/12 Liberals Hate New, Accurate Obama Commercial Source: The Jawa Report Today's version of the morning show featured an anti-Obama video that resembled propaganda films from 1930's Europe more than it did responsible TV politics of today.

Background on propaganda

Propaganda is a form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position.

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