http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/enemypropaganda/ en-us Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:58:27 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3011057/posts “Most voters still get their news from television,” a Rasmussen survey sadly reported before dropping the big bomb. “[They] consider the news reported by the media generally trustworthy.” Any serious student of media and propaganda rapidly comes to the conclusion that if one strives to be misinformed, they must watch the evening news. This is nothing new (and hence not news). Long ago a wag opined “Trying to be a first-rate reporter on the average American newspaper is like trying to play Bach's St. Matthew's Passion on a ukulele.” Little changed when news quit being produced with ink and started... Cowboy Confessional http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3011057/posts#comment Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:58:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2998665/posts Warning: A Drone video showing an IED being planted then American lives taken when a truck rolls over it. youtube.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2998665/posts#comment Wed, 20 Mar 2013 03:27:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2961316/posts A video at CNN with reporting by Sara Sidner from Gaza tells us "how a small child became a symbol of civilian casualties." Some of her narrative: A scene no parent should ever have to endure" "Four year-old Mahmoud Sadallah lies dead in the arms of a neighbor, a child of Gaza, another victim of an airstrike" "we saw no evidence here of military activity." There's even a scene where Ms. Sidner reports having to flee where she is currently reporting because "there are airstrikes" and "rockets" Since Hamas doesn't have an air force, we're supposed to assume that Israel's... News Busters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2961316/posts#comment Tue, 20 Nov 2012 01:14:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2951804/posts A new video from the founders of a celebrated advertising agency features children “of the future” singing about the aftermath of a Mitt Romney presidency: A world where sick people are required to “just die,” the atmosphere is “frying,” gays can be “fixed” and “oil fills the sea.” The children, who stare blankly at the camera throughout the video, even take pains to explicitly mention that they blame “mom and dad” for all those horrors. The video — produced by the founders of the advertising agency Goodby Silverstein & Partners, which came up with the famous tagline “Got milk?” and... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2951804/posts#comment Mon, 29 Oct 2012 12:49:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2760700/posts Newsweek has been catching a lot of flak today for its latest cover, in which Michele Bachmann is shown with an expression you might see on the face of a serial killer who has just spotted a new victim. Newsweek editor Tina Brown disagreed in a tweet today, contending that "Bachmann’s intensity is galvanizing voters in Iowa right now and Newsweek’s cover captures that." Really? It looks like it conveys, "This woman needs an exorcist." NY Mag http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2760700/posts#comment Mon, 8 Aug 2011 23:51:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2708938/posts Robert von Dassanowsky, the director of Film Studies at the University of Colorado, acutely noticed back in 2001 that James Cameron's epic movie Titanic is based on the German mountain films that Riefenstahl starred in. Although largely ignoring Riefenstahl's compromised relationship with the Nazis, von Dassanowsky makes a compelling case that Cameron's Titanic is a German mountain film set upon the sea ice of the North Atlantic. Von Dassanowsky even went so far to strongly suggest that the heroine in the Titanic, Rose, is actually based on Riefenstahl's personal character. He then intimates that Cameron may have indeed directed the... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2708938/posts#comment Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:03:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2460646/posts THE Taliban have found a way to beat American airpower. And they have managed this remarkable feat with American help. The consequences of this development are front and center in the current offensive in Marja, Afghanistan, where air support to American and Afghan forces has been all but grounded by concerns about civilian casualties. American and NATO military leaders — worried by Taliban propaganda claiming that air strikes have killed an inordinate number of civilians, and persuaded by “hearts and minds” enthusiasts that the key to winning the war is the Afghan population’s goodwill — have largely relinquished the strategic... NYT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2460646/posts#comment Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:49:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333887/posts An American newspaper has revealed a new scandal committed by Blackwater (actually it was Armor Group - foreign 3rd world personnel) security guards protecting the American Embassy in the Afghan capital city of Kabul. The newspaper published a report titled ‘This is what our children are doing abroad’. The report said, “They are drinking vodka and peeing on themselves like animals. They intentionally run outside naked and then pour vodka over each other’s asses.” The newspaper wondered, “What makes the Pentagon deal with these ‘special companies’ that cause harm and kill in a criminal way?” The newspaper noted, “Their ‘gay... Al Noor Newspaper (Baghdad) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333887/posts#comment Mon, 7 Sep 2009 13:43:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281471/posts Middle East news giant Al Jazeera has gained its first big foothold in the U.S. TV market. Now it has to overcome perceptions of bias. At the headquarters of the Al Jazeera news network in Doha, Qatar, staffers were getting ready for the big news event of the day: Barack Obama's speech in Cairo. "Watch, he's about to announce he's converted to Islam," joked one of them. More Arabs watched Obama's speech on Al Jazeera (the name means "the island") than on any other news network. The Arabic language channel boasts 53 million viewers--CNN has 70 million in the U.S.--while... Forbes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281471/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:54:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278191/posts Yeah, could be. None of them have guns, and as far as I know, not a single Basij or cop has been shot by a protester despite a full week of brutal beatings and killings. But aside from that, the theory’s airtight. "And now, the Iranian government is apparently claiming that rioters were responsible for Ms. Agha-Soltan’s death. The government-run Islamic Republic of Iran News Network (IRINN) reported that a “reliable source” confirmed after examining the bullet and the way Ms. Agha-Soltan was shot that rioters were responsible for her death, and that a number of people had been arrested... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278191/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:36:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2229691/posts MSNBC featured the Republican Party's elephant logo in a segment on Wednesday's "MSNBC News Live" about the possible rise of right-wing hate groups. Anchor Contessa Brewer introduced the piece by asserting, "The White House is warning that a bad economy, combined with the election of the nation's first black President, could draw new extremist right-wing members, especially war veterans, to a dangerous cause." An onscreen graphic behind her featured a red and blue Republican elephant and fretted, "New Right-Wing Threat?" Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2229691/posts#comment Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:43:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222425/posts Reuters published a story today, April 4, detailing some nonsense from a Taliban terrorist who has claimed "responsibility" for Friday's shooting rampage in Binghamtom, New York. The question that comes to mind is why? Why did Reuters imagine this idiotic claim, this obvious lie, was worth reporting to the world? Does Reuters not have the good sense God gave a door knob? Why would Reuters pass this Taliban propaganda off as news? From Peshawar, Pakistan, Reuters reports that this Taliban leader wannabe has said that the murderous rampage perpetrated by an unhinged Vietnamese immigrant was done by his "men." This... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222425/posts#comment Sat, 4 Apr 2009 20:03:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222208/posts How gullible is Rachel Maddow? Plenty, apparently. The MSNBC host has bought into North Korean propaganda on Gitmo. On last night’s show [MSNBC video here], Maddow told the story of two American reporters being held by the North Koreans. In response to inquiries on how they are being treated, the North Koreans reportedly said: “we are not Guantanamo.” That plunged Maddow into a bad bout of Bush-Cheney Derangement Syndrome. According to her, until we expunge the supposed stain of Gitmo and Bush admin policies on dealing with suspected terrorists, we will never have the moral authority to condemn the abuse... FinkelBlog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222208/posts#comment Sat, 4 Apr 2009 13:55:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222197/posts Reuters published a story today, April 4, detailing some nonsense from a Taliban terrorist who has claimed "responsibility" for Friday's shooting rampage in Binghamtom, New York. The question that comes to mind is why? Why did Reuters imagine this idiotic claim, this obvious lie, was worth reporting to the world? Does Reuters not have the good sense God gave a door knob? Why would Reuters pass this Taliban propaganda off as news? From Peshawar, Pakistan, Reuters reports that this Taliban leader wannabe has said that the murderous rampage perpetrated by an unhinged Vietnamese immigrant was done by his "men." This... NewsBusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222197/posts#comment Sat, 4 Apr 2009 13:40:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2171204/posts So, where exactly did the communist graphics inspired artist Shepard Fairey get the image of Obama for his ubiquitous “Hope” poster featuring a confident, young Obama intently staring off into the distance for glorious leader’s future, anyway? Turns out the celebrated artist stole it from an Associated Press freelance photographer and never bothered to acknowledge where he got it in the first place. I guess the word “ethics” didn’t fit as easily on that iconic Fairey poster, eh? At least one Old Media photographer was curious about the source photo that the poster was based on. Philadelphia Inquirer photog Tom... stoptheaclu.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2171204/posts#comment Sun, 25 Jan 2009 04:35:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2162940/posts Yesterday evening, I wrote about CNN’s use of an obvious fake video ( see here : http://hotair.com/archives/2009/01/08/cnn-stung-by-fake-atrocity-video), sourced from Hamas’ webmaster, of an alleged Israeli attack on two young boys playing on a roof. After being exposed by blogs, CNN took the video down without any explanation. As of 4:30 pm ET today, though, the video has returned to CNN’s site ( SEE HERE : http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2009/01/07/holmes.gaza.boy.cnn ), although they seem to have turned off the embedding for it. This version did get onto YouTube earlier — in fact, we used that to discuss this on today’s TEMS episode: SEE VIDEO... HOTAIR.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2162940/posts#comment Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:23:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2158339/posts Congratulations CNN's Ben Wederman, you're officially Genocidal Hamas' "man"On CNN Andersen Cooper 'AC360' (http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/ ) (Jan 2, 2009), Ben Wedermnan was asked the real question of the day, "what about the fact that Hamas uses civilians areas to fire from there their missiles, aren't they the real culprit in Arab civilian losses?" Ben Wederman: "Hamas is a political grass roots" Israel has to come to terms with that. AC again then refocused the question, Ben Wederman, Hamas is "IN" the civilan population, it's a political grass roots movement that is embedded within the Palestinians. Amazing (unlike on Foxnews) no one... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2158339/posts#comment Sun, 4 Jan 2009 02:49:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2155467/posts Ok, I'll admit, I'm up late. At 4:00 ABC's World News Now ran their headlines. First teaser: A flyover view of midtown Manhattan leading into Times Square. Focus on the video board above the US military recruiting station. A heads-up display appears and an explosion takes place over Times Square. Voice over says,"Mideast Attacks; Israel Pounds Gaza Two Days In a Row..." Then the scene shifts to Gaza.OK, here's the deal. I'm not crazy. It may be sloppy editing. But I have this on an HDTV, along with a DVR that I've been running back and forth looking at this... Me http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2155467/posts#comment Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:17:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2134790/posts I think Obama met his match. The guy who did the artwork for his campaign poster, L.A. street artist Shephard Fairey shares many of Obama's values and traits. Fairey is a pretentious, arrogant, pompous, self-indulgently and sickeningly hip Socialist as the video demonstrates. I came across this video of him at his show in D.C. in Oct. The name of his show: "Regime Change Starts at Home". It's really not that long, 5 min. or so. I know it's hard to watch these blow-hard arty-types go on about their "important work", but stick with it, you will see some unbelievable... various http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2134790/posts#comment Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:37:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2111509/posts Colin Powell’s predicted and expected endorsement of Barack Obama was transformed into big news by the pro-Obama media. But Arab propaganda channel Al-Jazeera’s intervention in the U.S. presidential contest is also extremely significant. Newsmax.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2111509/posts#comment Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:31:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086465/posts NEW YORK: Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro has slept with 35,000 women in his 82 years of life, according to an upcoming documentary. "He slept with at least two women a day for more than four decades - one for lunch and one for supper," the New York Post quoted an ex-Castro official named "Ramon" as telling filmmaker Ian Halperin. "Sometimes he even ordered one for breakfast," the official said. "I don't think he would have stayed on as long as he did if not for all the incredible women he had access to as president," the official added. Fidel... economictimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086465/posts#comment Sat, 20 Sep 2008 12:13:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082868/posts Sarah Palin, Mrs. Nobody know-it-all shreiking cow from Alaska, the joke of American politics, plied with a couple of vodkas before letting rip in front of incredulous audiences while McCain coos in the background, cuts a ridiculous figure as she strives to be taken seriously. Pravda http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082868/posts#comment Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:19:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082545/posts Sarah Palin: A Worthless Bag of Hair 14.09.2008 Source: URL: http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/106355-sarahworthless-0 Sarah Palin gave Charles Gibson, of the ABC television network, an exclusive interview. Here is a quote from Sarah Palin in her ABC interview: “For Russia to have exerted such pressure in terms of invading a smaller democratic country, unprovoked, is unacceptable.” Is that so, Sarah? In the interview, she certainly did prove one thing. She can lie and be dishonest just like the rest of them. Not only did she show total ignorance of even what US intelligence services now confirm and admit, that Georgia was the aggressor... Pravda http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082545/posts#comment Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:36:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082142/posts Palin – the Devil in disguise 12.09.2008 Source: URL: http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/106354-palindevil-0 The candidate for the Vice Presidency of the United States of America, whose experience in small town politics, mothers´day dos and the local hockey club is her claim to fame, threatened to open the gates of Hell by attacking Russia in the event of another invasion of Georgia in a televised interview on ABC (shown today). One question for this self-opinionated upstart: Do you know what a nuclear holocaust is? Sarah Palin, Mrs. Nobody know-it-all shreiking cow from Alaska, the joke of American politics, plied with a couple of vodkas... Pravda http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082142/posts#comment Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:23:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080438/posts Videos that Incite Violence Will Be Banned WASHINGTON - Homeland Security Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Thursday hailed Google's decision to strengthen the standards required for videos to appear on YouTube - a move taken in direct response to the Senator's complaints about violent Islamist videos that have been posted on the popular website. Google's community guidelines for YouTube will now bar videos that incite violence, in addition to videos that contain hate speech and gratuitous violence. "YouTube was being used by Islamist terrorist organizations to recruit and train followers via the Internet and to incite terrorist attacks around the world,... lieberman http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080438/posts#comment Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:28:31 GMT