Word: propaganda
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Propaganda persuaded [Westerners] that you couldn't do anything about it because it's like a fire that's been going on for thousands of years anyway," Malcolm said...
...take one of the most visible figures of the most twentieth century, let's follow Our Dumb Century's coverage of the career of Adolph Hitler. In 1937, "Kampfy the Uberhund," the adorable anti-Semitic mutt, is introduced by the propaganda minister to make Jew hating fun for German boys and girls. Later in 1937, the headline reads "German Jews Concerned about Hitler's 'Kill All Jews' Proposal." Samuel Eisenstein is quoted in the article as saying, "Most of Chancellor Hitler's speech I agreed with, except for the part where he said that the Jews are a parasite race...
Back in the days before the Internet, I probably never could have read this: "American propaganda machinery began a new harangue of demonization of Serbs and Yugoslavia, spreading new lies which persistently attempts to support with alleged statements of refugees, Kosovo Albanians arriving in Albania, the majority of whom have family members in the terrorist organization...
This is hardly the only diatribe against the Western press you'll find on the Tanjug wire. A good percentage of the news agency's articles attack stories in the British and American media, particularly those on CNN, which Tanjug says is assuming "a leading role in the new propaganda undertaking...
Internet access may not be as widespread in Yugoslavia as it is here, but it is the most formidable obstacle any propagandist has ever faced. Tanjug's news stories, thinly veiled propaganda bulletins, now have to compete with the real thing from independent news sources--or at the very least with the NATO version of events...