Comments on: Propaganda Campaign by the NEA for the Government http://politicaljules.org/2009/09/01/propaganda-campaign-by-the-nea-for-the-government/ “I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.” ~Marilyn Monroe Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:51:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Robert Crawford http://politicaljules.org/2009/09/01/propaganda-campaign-by-the-nea-for-the-government/#comment-214 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:30:26 +0000 http://politicaljules.com/?p=190#comment-214 Of course, one of the favorite techniques of propagandists is called “transfer,” whereby the propagandist juxtaposes two phenomena and invites the viewer to associate them–without troubling himself to establish any actual association. A hypothetical example would be for the propagandist to report that President Obama had just given a powerful speech, and then point out that Hitler was a powerful speaker–following that mighty leap into space with clips of Hitler ranting and the smoke stacks belching at Auschwitz. Another hypothetical example would be for the propagandist to assert that the nation’s artists were being “hijacked” to create propaganda, make the dizzying jump from that assertion to pointing out that the Nazis used propaganda, and then follow up with odious examples of Nazi propaganda. That one would be awfully crude and obvious, admittedly, but could still work on really stupid or poorly informed consumers.

As for your closing query–I suppose I COULD say, “Terry Shivo,” but I think the poor lady’s name was “Schiavo.”

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