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Saturday, July 02, 2011

Truthout: 14 Propaganda Techniques Fox News Uses to Brainwash Americans

Truthout: 14 Propaganda Techniques Fox News Uses to Brainwash Americans

Saturday 02 July 2011
14 Propaganda Techniques Fox News Uses to Brainwash Americans
Dr. Cynthia Boaz, Truthout: "It is ironic that in the era of 24-hour cable news networks and 'reality' programming, the fluff-to-news ratio and overall veracity of information has declined precipitously. Take the fact Americans now spend on average about 50 hours a week using various forms of media, while at the same time cultural literacy levels hover just above the gutter. "
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The Super Rich Sabotage the Arab Revolutions
Shamus Cooke, Truthout: "With revolutions sweeping the Arab world and bubbling up across Europe, aging tyrants or discredited governments are doing their best to cling to power. It's hard to overexaggerate the importance of these events: the global political and economic status quo is in deep crisis. If pro-democracy or anti-austerity movements emerge victorious, they'll have an immediate problem to solve - how to pay for their vision of a better world."
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No End in Sight as Minnesotans Grapple With State Shutdown
Monica Davey, The New York Times News Service: "Heading into a holiday weekend in a state that savors its summers outdoors, licenses for fishing, hunting, trapping, boats and ATVs were unavailable for purchase. And all around the State Capitol - the place where all the troubles began - the streets were eerily empty and official buildings locked, plastered with hand-taped signs that offered a gentle explanation: 'This building is closed until further notice due to the current state government service interruption.'"
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Gaza Flotilla Move Sinks
Pierre Klochendler, Inter Press Service: "The besieger is besieged, such is the forlorn fact emanating from the order by Greece to block the ships docked at its ports from setting sail to the Palestinian strip of land, and that fact seems to have sealed the Flotilla's fate."
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Police Attack Peaceful Protesters in Morocco
Sarah Lazare, Truthout: "With revolutions sweeping the Arab world and bubbling up across Europe, aging tyrants or discredited governments are doing their best to cling to power. It's hard to overexaggerate the importance of these events: the global political and economic status quo is in deep crisis. If pro-democracy or anti-austerity movements emerge victorious, they'll have an immediate problem to solve - how to pay for their vision of a better world."
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Qaddafi Threatens Europe With Attacks
Kareem Fahim, The New York Times News Service: "In the speech, delivered by telephone to thousands of people marching in Green Square in Tripoli, Colonel Qaddafi warned that Libyans would be able to take the battle 'to Europe, to target your homes, offices, families, which have become legitimate military targets, like you have targeted our homes.'"
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Number of Mexico's Missing Swells, Families Call for Help
Tim Johnson, McClatchy Newspapers: "As the numbers of missing and dead mount in Mexico, thousands of families suffer the same uncertainty. Mexico has no centralized system to track and identify those who disappear. Hundreds of bodies pulled from clandestine mass graves remain unidentified for the most part, nameless victims of Mexico's ongoing carnage."
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From the Reservation to the Airwaves: Navajo Band Battles Injustice
Martha Sorren, Truthout: "In 1979, Arizona Snowbowl proposed the addition of artificial snow created from reclaimed refuse water. The plan created an uproar among Native American communities, as well as with many other local citizens. Three decades later, the plan is being executed despite lawsuits filed by both the Hopi and Navajo tribes. The tribes argue that under freedom of religion, the mountain is a holy place and shouldn't be contaminated with reclaimed water."
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We Must Stop the Building of a Plutonium Bomb Factory in Fire Country
Subhankar Banerjee, Climate Storytellers: "The government is heavily monitoring the air in the area for toxic pollutants. They’re using dozens of monitors on the ground as well as a specially outfitted twin–engine plane with sensors that came from the Environmental Protection Agency. As of June 29, 'top lab officials and fire managers say there have been no releases of toxins.' Let us hope we’re getting the full truth."
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BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
The BuzzFlash at Truthout commentary will return on Monday.
Neocons Want War and More War. What's New? Read the Article at Consortium News
Segregation in the Land of Limousine Liberalism - Westchester County Fighting Court Ordered Desegregation?Read the Article at Salon
Colbert's "SuperPAC" Pushes the Limits of Election LawRead the Article in The Atlantic
US Disaster Capitalists Flocked to Haiti Post-Quake "Gold Rush" (WikiLeaks)Read the Article in The Nation
Conservative Cash Crop, Bachmann StyleRead the Article in The New York Times
What if You Held a Class War and No One Showed Up? GOP Treats Recent History Like a Dreamscape.Read the Article in Mother Jones
The 10 Loudest Movies Ever!!!Read the Article at Salon


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