Propaganda – it’s official
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi: “House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and senior House Democrats today called on President Bush to stop the alarming use of illegal covert propaganda to promote government policy after two new accounts of such activity surfaced today. In a letter to the President, they pointed out that independent investigations have revealed the use of covert propaganda in at least three federal agencies. “
They called on the President to “publicly renounce the use of covert propaganda to influence public opinion. And we urge you to direct your department and agency heads to immediately disclose all past and ongoing efforts to engage in covert propaganda, whether through contracts with commentators, the distribution of video news releases, or other means.”
The lawmakers pointed out that “covert propaganda to influence public opinion is unethical and dangerous. It violates fundamental principles of open government. And it is illegal.”
The letter was signed by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), the senior Democrat on the Government Reform Committee, Rep. George Miller (D-CA), the senior Democrat on the House Education and the Workforce Committee, Rep. David Obey (D-WI), the senior Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, and Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), the senior Democrat on the Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources Subcommittee, Government Reform Committee.”
Can we just start talking about the propaganda machine now? Remember when we were kids and we were told all the reasons why the USA was so much better than the USSR? They have government-controlled media, they “disappear” people, they snoop on their citizens, people report on each other, everyone is fearful and paranoid, people in power are corrupt and greedy, yada yada?
You stupid ignorant uncritical yahoos voted this “team” in again – Have a death wish or something? Hate your children? What is the deal, people? What’s it going to take for you to wake up?