The Western Corporate Media Cannot Be Trusted.

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218. Redemption

Thank you for putting it into words, Peace Patriot.

For those new to the subject: CIA used media extensively in their first big overthrows in Iran and Guatemala.

THE PLAN The planners decided to employ simultaneously all the tactics that had proved useful in previous covert operations. PBSUCCESS would combine psychological, economic, diplomatic, and paramilitary actions. Operations in Europe, [xxxxxx] and Iran had demonstrated the potency of propaganda-"psychological warfare"-aimed at discrediting an enemy and building support for allies. Like many Americans, US Officials placed tremendous faith in the new science of advertising. Touted as the answer to underconsumption, economic recession, and social ills, advertising, many thought, could be used to cure Communism as well. In 1951, the Truman Administration tripled the budget for propaganda and appointed a Psychological Strategy Board to coordinate activities. The CIA required "psywar" training for new agents, who studied Paul Linebarger's text, Psychological Warfare, and grifter novels like The Big Con for disinformation tactics. PBSUCCESS's designers planned to supplement overt diplomatic initiatives-such as an OAS conference convened to discredit Guatemala-with "black operations using contacts within the press, radio, church, army, and other organized elements susceptible to rumor, pamphleteering, poster campaigns, and other subversive action." They were particularly impressed with the potential for radio propaganda, which had turned the tide at a critical moment in the Iran operation.

SOURCE: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=1119

Those interested in the Big Con in Dealey Plaza, DUer Bill Kelly's outstanding blog and post: http://jfkcountercoup.blogspot.com/2008/01/big-con-at-dealey-plaza.html