One To Watch

Up for a little video?  Let's talk about war and the media.  John Amato at "Crooks and Liars" notes a great little video that says a lot.

“War Made Easy”: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death

Please go and see this new movie about the way the government uses the media to sell war after war after war. It’s a brilliant flick that dissects the great propaganda machine which is a curse to our democracy. War Made Easy reaches into the Orwellian memory hole to expose a 50-year pattern of government deception [...]

UPDATE: Just the latest example:

Sy Hersh on Bush and Iran: Shifting targets: New Propaganda push to attack their Revolutionary Guard

UPDATED: Sy Hersh joined CNN’s Late Edition and discussed his new article out in the NewYorker: “Shifting Targets,” which says that the WH has a new talking point which it will sell attacking Iran and as usual, our media will lap it up.  The CIA has created an Iran Study Group with dozens of [...]

Tags: War Made Easy, Propoganda

Tags: Sy Hersh, CNN's Late Edition, Shifting Targets, Iran Study Group