Propaganda and Haditha

This piece is a summary of five most commonly deployed crisis management propaganda tactics which the State and Media combine that we can expect to see in relation to the Haditha Massacre. Listed in a loose chronological order of their deployment, the tactics are: Delay, Distract, Discredit, Spotlight and Scapegoat. Each of the five public relations campaigns will here be discussed in the context of the Haditha Massacre Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Lisa Flay - Jun 12, 2006 - 8:26 AM PDT
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Edited by: Fabrice Florin - Jun 12, 2006 - 4:54 PM PDT

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Fabrice Florin
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by Fabrice Florin - Oct. 1, 2008

I find this report to be serioulsy biased and uninformed. It's opening claim that the "Western corporate media is trying to influence public opinion in favor of the Iraq War" doesn't match the evidence. Many mainstream media outlets covered the Haditha killings with competence and concern for the public interest (wasn't it Time Magazine that initially broke the story last March?). This type of yellow journalism doesn't help the public discourse in any useful way, as far as I can tell.

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Rod Amis
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by Rod Amis - Oct. 1, 2008

As a journalistic piece, it's primary weakness seems to be that the conclusion it reaches is not consistent with the evidence presented. By inferring the motivation for the BBC piece being held back and the timing of its release, a great leap is taken. In other words, stories get held back in queue in news organizations every day for reasons only than a propaganda ploy. That fact of real world editorial policy undercuts certain assumptions upon which the conclusion of the piece is derived.

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Lisa Flay
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by Lisa Flay - Oct. 1, 2008

Although this piece is definitely biased, it is well sourced and chronicled to make it's point. It is an excellent documentation of the propaganda promoted by the media.

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