Sunday, October 1, 2023

Propaganda and The US Government: Is This The End of the American Dream?

The classic tome "Propaganda," written in 1928, was an attempt to both alert the public to the power of propaganda while also allying the public's fear of it.

In general, propaganda is classified by colors: White, Gray and Black Propaganda.

White propaganda is a type of propaganda where the producer of the material is clearly marked and indicated, and the purpose of the information is transparent.

Operation Mockingbird, the large-scale program of the United States Central Intelligence Agency that began in the early years of the Cold War and manipulated domestic American news media organizations for propaganda purposes, often employed Gray Propaganda.

While the article is from 2015, subsequent executive actions and legislation only appear to have increased the authority of the intelligence community including the CIA to engage in domestic surveillance, censorship and propaganda activities.

It benefits our government for people to believe that the US Government does not use propaganda against its own people, but nothing could be further from the truth.

Stella Morabito, author of the article "Truth or Propaganda" lays out 10 questions one should ask to distinguish between truth and propaganda.

https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/propaganda-and-the-us-government?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=583200&post_id=137550516&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=1mr4m3&utm_medium=email 

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