Propaganda

Alexis Debat: One Well-Connected Faker

by Diane Farsetta — October 4, 2007 - 1:56pm

Over the past month, former ABC News consultant / reporter and self-described "terrorism analyst" Alexis Debat has been exposed for "having published fake interviews with Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Alan Greenspan,

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Mother Jones, October 2, 2007

AEI & Freedom's Watch Seek $200 Million to Sell War on Iran

by John Stauber — October 1, 2007 - 9:21am

The New York Times reports that Freedom's Watch is working with the American Enterprise Institute to lobby for war with Iran. "'If Hitler's warnings were heeded when he wrote Mein Kampf he could have been stopped,' said Bradley Blakeman, 49, the president of Freedom's Watch and a former deputy assistant to Mr.

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New York Times, September 30, 2007

Democracy Now! Looks at Pro-War PR, From Freedom's Watch to Petraeus

by John Stauber — September 13, 2007 - 9:59am

Democracy Now! reports: "President Bush's prime time address before the nation tonight culminates a carefully orchestrated public relations campaign to win support for the continuation of the war in Iraq.

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Democracy Now, September 13, 2007

PR Adviser Praises Maldives Prisons

by Bob Burton — September 12, 2007 - 5:55am

Nic Careem, a London-based "public affairs consultant", recently proclaimed his interest in helping raise the profile of the President of the Maldives, Abdul Gayoom, on the issue of global warming.

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Minivan News (news on the Maldives), September 11, 2007

Saddam Did 9/11 -- One-Third of Americans Believe the Big Lie

by John Stauber — September 10, 2007 - 10:34am

An important New York Times/CBS News survey finds that six years after the terror attacks of 9/11, "33 percent of all Americans, including 40 percent of Republicans and 27 percent of Democrats, say Saddam Hussein was personally involved." In reality, of course, Saddam and Iraq had absolutely no connection to the terror attacks.

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New York Times, September 10, 2007

YouTube Wars - Freedom's Watch vs. IVAW. Which is Real Grassroots, Which is a Front Group?

by John Stauber — August 23, 2007 - 9:22am
  • Topics: Astroturf, Internet, Front Groups, Terrorism, Politics, Propaganda, War / Peace

    • What's the difference between a slick pro-war front group exploiting Iraq veterans to pour gasoline on the fire in Iraq, and a grassroots group of Iraq veterans leading the battle at home to end Bush's war of occupation?

    Watch these YouTube videos and decide for yourself.

    The latest addition to Bush's pro-war lobby is Freedom's Watch, and they have

    The Pro-War Lobby's Latest Addition is Freedom's Watch

    by John Stauber — August 22, 2007 - 8:27pm
  • Topics: Right Wing, Iraq, Front Groups, Pundits, Terrorism, Lobbying, Politics, Propaganda, War / Peace

    • The business of pro-war propaganda is booming as "Freedom's Watch" joins Vets for Freedom, Move America Forward and other pro-war advocates for a stepped up war in Iraq in line with the Bush/Cheney Global War on Terror.

    Ari Fleischer, former White House PR flack who jumped ship into the private sector shortly after the 2003 US invasion, is the public face and a founding board member of Freedom's Watch, which is being rolled out this week with emotional advertisements featuring wounded veterans imploring Americans to keep the money flowing for the occupation.

    One such advertisement is up on YouTube. Once again the war in Iraq is being falsely linked to and justified by the terror attacks of 9/11, one of the Bush Administration's Big Lies that was was used to mislead America into war. In the Freedom's Watch advertisment on YouTube a war vet with prosthetic legs beseeches:

    America Supports You With Apocalyptic Rhetoric?

    by Diane Farsetta — August 9, 2007 - 4:43pm

    In a July 2005 PR Watch post, Laura Miller asked whether the U.S. Defense Department's "America Supports You" campaign was an attempt "to boost public support for war and distract ...

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    The Nation blog, August 7, 2007

    Global Warming is STILL Good for You!

    by John Stauber — August 9, 2007 - 7:35am

    Five years ago in their book "Trust Us We're Experts," CMD's Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber exposed the propaganda machine selling Americans the idea that global warming is good for us.

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    Newsweek, August 13, 2007
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