Disinfopedia, the encyclopedia of propaganda

Disinfopedia, the encyclopedia of propaganda ^

[eabinga]

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Welcome to Disinfopedia, a collaborative project to produce a directory of public relations firms, think tanks, industry-funded organizations and industry-friendly experts that work to influence public opinion and public policy on behalf of corporations, governments and special interests. We are already working on 279 articles.

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Propaganda and the Current War Crisis

As the United States moves closer to a unilateral declaration of war with Iraq, public understanding of war propaganda has become a matter of vital concern. For up-to-date analysis, we hope you will use (and contribute to) our essay titled "Weapons of mass deception."

Articles Organized by Topic

• case studies of deceptive PR campaigns
• corporate PR campaigns
• industry-friendly experts
• industry-funded organizations
• list of lists
• public relations firms
• think tanks
• war propaganda

Research and Writing Tips

• How to research front groups
• Article guidelines

[eabinga]

I am posting this in the hope that someone may see his or her calling to monitor this site and perhaps counter some of the outrageous stuff that without doubt will be posted there.

It is Wiki based, so basically anybody can post and edit on the site.

[GirlShortstop]

I am posting this in the hope that someone may see his or her calling to monitor this site and perhaps counter some of the outrageous stuff that without doubt will be posted there.

Thank you for the information.  On my initial perusal, I've not managed to uncover anything on ANSWER, MoveOn, CAIR, World Workers Party, etc.
Can you imagine my surprise?     </sarcasm OFF>

[xlib]

As the United States moves closer to a unilateral declaration of war with Iraq,

Guess they know a thing or two about propaganda...

[anniegetyourgun]

Speaking of PR....I have become convinced that Saddam has learned quite a bit in this arena over the last decade. In fact, I think we will find he's been getting help from the likes of Ramsey Clark and others in this matter. He's learned to feed into the arguments of the American Left - even to the extent of using the same words. I'm not a big conspiracy theorist, but his PR campaign looks all too concerted.

[smith288]

Guess they know a thing or two about propaganda...

They keep repeating this "unilateralist" term. 45 nations minus Germany and France is unilateralists....

[eabinga]

Too bad the main page is protected, but I will try to edit some of the others.

[eabinga]

I just changed

"Outside the United States, however, few nations support the Bush administration's plans"

into

"Outside the United States, however, at least 45 nations support the Bush administration's plans"

Lets see how long it stays up....

[Nickname]

Their homepage states they're a project of PR Watch / Center for Media & Democracy.

Here's a little bit about what consumerfreedom.com has to say about this group:

The Center for Media & Democracy (CMD) is a counterculture public relations effort disguised as an independent media organization. CMD isn’t really a center it would be more accurate to call it a partnership, since it is essentially a two-person operation.

Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber operate, as do most self-anointed progressive watchdogs, from the presumption that any communication issued from a corporate headquarters must be viewed with a jaundiced eye. In their own quarterly PR Watch newsletter, they recently referred to corporate PR as a propaganda industry, misleading citizens and manipulating minds in the service of special interests. Ironically, Rampton and Stauber have elected to dip into the deep pockets of multi-million-dollar foundations with special interest agendas of their own.

Their books Mad Cow U.S.A. and Toxic Sludge Is Good for You! were produced and promoted using grant monies from the Foundation for Deep Ecology ($25,000) and the Education Foundation of America ($20,000), among others. Along with the more recent Trust Us: We’re Experts, these books are scare-mongering tales about a corporate culture out of control, and each implies that the public needs rescuing. Guess who the heroes in this fantasy are?

Despite his wild claims that federal agencies have covered up U.S. mad cow disease cases, John Stauber has become a quotable celebrity on the subject. In 1997, at the height of the initial mad-cow panic, a CMD press release warned: Evidence suggests there may already be a mad-cow-type of disease infecting both U.S. pigs and cattle. Rampton and Stauber have never provided any documentation to back up this reckless claim; no cases of mad-cow disease have ever been documented in U.S. livestock. John Stauber was one of only four mad-cow experts offered to reporters by Fenton Communications’ media arm, Environmental Media Services.

You can read more about them here: http://www.consumerfreedom.com/activistcash/org_detail.cfm?ORG_ID=12

[A_perfect_lady]

Bumped, cut, copied, & saved. (BCCS)

[smith288]

Are you the author or hacking?

[Search4Truth]

All your web pages are belong to us. He he :)

[eabinga]

I am neither the author nor am I hacking.

Anybody may change the contents of the pages (per GPL license), just sign up for an account and you too may correct/edit/add/revise/delete to the collection.

[yoe]

Thanks for posting this site!

[dark_lord]

It is very easy to go in and make comments on existing postings there - to set the record straight. Clearly this was set up as a left wing site, but since it is Wiki based you can create your own postings or edit existing postings.

I recommend that instead of trashing existing postings, just post corrective comments.

[cake_crumb]

"As the United States moves closer to a unilateral declaration of war with Iraq, public understanding of war propaganda has become a matter of vital concern."

I guess we now know why some overly persistant morons are continung to use that word, no matter how many countries are in the coalition against Saddam.

Hitler's propaganda was designed to appeal to the fears of the public as much as possible. It took his party 14 years of patient, persistant propaganda to worm their message into the public heart, mind and psyche.

Nazi propaganda was seen as a moral duty, to ensure the public "confidently and clearly understands National Socialism's policies, quickly and correctly...Political propaganda is the highest responsibility, it is a moral duty, a national duty. We may never think there is too much of it, or that it is superfluous." (--Dr. Josef Wells, Political Propaganda as Moral Duty, 1936)

The Third Reich also wrote the book on using the entertainment industry as a powerful propaganda tool. (--Film as Weapon, 1937)

"The term socialism is commonly used to refer both to an ideology--a comprehensive set of beliefs or ideas about the nature of human society and its future desirable state--and to a state of society based on that ideology. Socialists have always claimed to stand above all for the values of equality, social justice, cooperation, progress, and individual freedom and happiness, and they have generally sought to realize these values by the abolition of the private-enterprise economy and its replacement by "public ownership," a system of social or state control over production and distribution. Methods of transformation advocated by socialists range from popular education through constitutional change (achieving parliamentary majorities, for example) to violent revolution. ( definition from Anarchism, Marxism, and Socialism/Communism --Thinkquest )

The Third Way = the Third Reich. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

[Valin]

In their own quarterly PR Watch newsletter, they recently referred to corporate PR as a propaganda industry, misleading citizens and manipulating minds in the service of special interests.

Something I'm sure they know a thing or two about.

[dark_lord]

It is easy to create information here. I just posted on A.N.S.W.E.R. To find it, from the main page click on "list of lists" and then on "front groups", or just click here: front groups.

You will see that now there is a reference to ANSWER, created by me. Enjoy!

[ppaul]

As the United States moves closer to a unilateral declaration of war with Iraq,

So what?
BFD

[Stultis]

Ever been reading a page of lie-soaked leftist propaganda on the web and wished you could edit in the truth? Here's your chance!