by Rolluplostinspace » Sun Dec 24, 2017 9:00 am
War Propaganda, Media Censorship and the “Conspiracy Theory” Meme. Project Censored 2016
Project Censored 2016 Media Summit Round TableIn recent years, as documented on this site and on the Global Research News Hour radio program, we have seen an acceleration in the level of propaganda and its ability to shape common narratives around war.
The Assad government is blamed for virtually all the blood being spilt in Syria in recent years, in spite of evidence to the contrary. Russia, not NATO, is being blamed for an imperialist agenda for Ukraine and Eastern Europe. And a McCarthyist narrative accusing President Putin of interference in the 2016 US Presidential elections has taken hold in spite of an almost complete lack of evidence upholding that narrative.
More to the point, reporters risk being tagged ‘conspiracy theorists’ or ‘Russian agents’ if they dare to challenge these and other official narratives.
Billions of dollars of investment, not to mention political careers are dependent on maintaining these narratives, so it is understandable that dissident perspectives will sooner or later come under attack if the body politic begins to be influenced by them.
This is why media criticism and independent reporting has become such an important tool for building democratic resistance to corporate and State power. .
Project Censored is one of the key resources for >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
https://www.globalresearch.ca/war-propa ... -2/5623818
[size=150]War Propaganda, Media Censorship and the “Conspiracy Theory” Meme. Project Censored 2016
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[i]Project Censored 2016 Media Summit Round Table[/i]
In recent years, as documented on this site and on the Global Research News Hour radio program, we have seen an acceleration in the level of propaganda and its ability to shape common narratives around war.
The Assad government is blamed for virtually all the blood being spilt in Syria in recent years, in spite of evidence to the contrary. Russia, not NATO, is being blamed for an imperialist agenda for Ukraine and Eastern Europe. And a McCarthyist narrative accusing President Putin of interference in the 2016 US Presidential elections has taken hold in spite of an almost complete lack of evidence upholding that narrative.
More to the point, reporters risk being tagged ‘conspiracy theorists’ or ‘Russian agents’ if they dare to challenge these and other official narratives.
Billions of dollars of investment, not to mention political careers are dependent on maintaining these narratives, so it is understandable that dissident perspectives will sooner or later come under attack if the body politic begins to be influenced by them.
This is why media criticism and independent reporting has become such an important tool for building democratic resistance to corporate and State power. .
Project Censored is one of the key resources for >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://www.globalresearch.ca/war-propaganda-media-censorship-and-the-conspiracy-theory-meme-project-censored-2016-2/5623818
