Abused By Illusions

OK, I know they back pedal later in the article but doesn't this article say that the media is out and out lying to the news consumer? Aren't we paying for this service when we are forced to watch the corporate propaganda they call commercials? Shouldn't they be giving us factual information if they are going to have the audacity to call it news?

Probably not. They now believe that we are asleep at the wheel and if this past election is any indication they are probably right.

The folks in the Ukraine are in the streets because of an election being stolen. Where are the mass protest in this country? I'll tell you where they are! They are at home sitting in the easychair enjoying mass consuming the lies being spewed vis-a-vis the BOOBTOOB NEWS! Time to get rid of my televisions I guess:(

C. I. Abramson


PR Meets Psy-Ops in War on Terror

Wed Dec 1, 7:55 AM ET

By Mark Mazzetti Times Staff Writer

WASHINGTON — On the evening of Oct. 14, a young Marine spokesman near Fallouja appeared on CNN and made a dramatic announcement.



"Troops crossed the line of departure," 1st Lt. Lyle Gilbert declared, using a common military expression signaling the start of a major campaign. "It's going to be a long night." CNN, which had been alerted to expect a major news development, reported that the long-awaited offensive to retake the Iraqi city of Fallouja had begun.


In fact, the Fallouja offensive would not kick off for another three weeks. Gilbert's carefully worded announcement was an elaborate psychological operation — or "psy-op" — intended to dupe insurgents in Fallouja and allow U.S. commanders to see how guerrillas would react if they believed U.S. troops were entering the city, according to several Pentagon (news - web sites) officials.


In the hours after the initial report, CNN's Pentagon reporters were able to determine that the Fallouja operation had not, in fact, begun.


"As the story developed, we quickly made it clear to our viewers exactly what was going on in and around Fallouja," CNN spokesman Matthew Furman said.


Officials at the Pentagon and other U.S. national security agencies said the CNN incident was not an isolated feint — the type used throughout history by armies to deceive their enemies — but part of a broad effort underway within the Bush administration to use information to its advantage in the war on terrorism.


The Pentagon in 2002 was forced to shutter its controversial Office of Strategic Influence (OSI), which was opened shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks, after reports that the office intended to plant false news stories in the international media. But officials say that much of OSI's mission — using information as a tool of war — has been assumed by other offices throughout the U.S. government.

Read the rest of this story here!

Facism in this country is in high gear folks we need to all wake up!

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