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In reply to the discussion: The Beat Goes On [View all]H2O Man
(73,524 posts)45. I've been thinking
about some of the discussions on the role that "perception management" firms played in the Bush-Cheney march to war in Iraq. And how that impacted media coverage of the anti-war citizens at the time. This strikes me as extremely important today, after the demonstrations of Iraqi people who want the US to leave their country. It's led me to re-read the speech that Malcolm X gave five days before he was murdered, about the US in the Congo, and media manipulation.
I think most everyone on DU back then was opposed to the war. We knew it was based upon purposeful lies and manipulation. It was wrong to be there then, and it's wrong to be there now. I think we do best when the Democratic Party is opposed to such things.
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Thanks for all the great information you provide...SO appreciated! Happy 2020!❤
Karadeniz
Dec 2019
#32
I remember the intense research threads about the NSA spying and also the electronic voting machines
eleny
Dec 2019
#39