Voice of Dissent

Weapons of Mass Deception

Way to ring in the new year-with a flooding of the Truckee River. This was ominously like the floods of '97, but it turned out to be less extensive. I did spend some of my time indoors watching a very interesting movie call Weapons of Mass Deception. This movie really opens ones eyes to the way the mainstream media has practically brainwashed this country into buying into the lies that led us into war with Iraq. Not only are the media giants like Ruppert Murdoch's Fox News and Viacom's CBS News wholly in the palm of the government's hand, but their coverage is slanted to the point of outright propoganda in favor of the Bush administration's war policies. The press' failure to question and report accurately what is happenning in Afghanistan and Iraq has coddled the citizens of this country into a false hope and faith that we are- and can- win the war on terror. Using embedded journalists is probably the single most effective way to misrepresent the war and its affects on civilians. By merely showing our soldiers brushing their teeth, playing cards, and other mundane routines and leaving out the real war like women and children being killed daily by American and insurgent activities continues to further the government's attempt to paint a rosy picture of how-and what-we are doing in the war.

posted by TGreen @ 9:30 AM