English 1A
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Wikipedia Propaganda Methods ***Sourcewatch*** second best the Propaganda Game (a fairly exhaustive list with good examples) Nizkor Mission Critical (scroll down to fallacies section. This one has some interactive exercises) |
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How
vulnerable are There are but two
powers in the world, the sword and the mind. In the long run the sword
is always beaten by the mind.
Napoleon Bonaparte
"Through clever and
constant application of propaganda people can be made to see paradise
as hell, and also the other way around, to consider the most wretched
sort of life as paradise."
Adolf
Hitler, Mein Kampf, part I
chapter X
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view of the primitive simplicity of their minds they more easily
fall a victim to a big lie than to a little one, since they themselves
lie in little things, but would be ashamed of lies that were too big.
Such a
falsehood will never enter their heads and they will not be able to
believe in the possibility of such monstrous effrontery and infamous
misrepresentation in others; yes, even when enlightened on the subject,
they will long doubt and waver, and continue to accept at least one of
these causes as true. Adolf
Hitler, Mein Kampf, part I
chapter X
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Statistical
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Death Penalty Information Center PBS: Frontline: "The Case for Innocence" What Is the Matter With Mary Jane?
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Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but not their own facts. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan
We can have an honest disagreement, but
when we can't even agree on the facts, someone is lying.
Michael J. Dixon
Facts
are stubborn things and whatever may be our wishes, our
inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the
state of facts and evidence.
John Adams, Arguments in Defense of the Soldiers in the Boston Massacre Trials, December 1770 Research Starting Points Ventura College CQ Researcher & Proquest CQ how to Wikipedia ***Congressional Research Service *** better than average news The Guardian (publicly funded paper in UK) BBC (a source the rest of the world trusts) Al Jazeera (like the BBC, but closer to the action) Democracy Now! 90.7 FM 6-7 am, 9-10 am, M-F The best hour of news everyday it's on Frontline (documentary series on PBS, lots of foreign policy, corporate issues, etc.) History News Network should more accurately be called history AND news. Historians and experts post articles on both. Pick a President Project Vote Smart (a good starting point for comparing candidates records) Thomas
Legislative Info New
York Times Michael Moore Fahrenheit 9/11 Notes + Sources Michael Moore Homepage (has press and critics) Spinsanity analysis
Election 2000 2004 vote suppression in Florida BBC Florida 2004 BBC TV News story on purge of black voters Diebold
Memos Disclose US
Commission on Civil Rights Examples
of Black Voters Criminal Investigation in Florida
Electronic Voting GAO study on electronic voting Brief summary of GAO findings Newsweek on Electronic Voting Black
Box Voting.org University of Iowa Computer Science Department analysis of Diebold flaws Diebold head says he will do anything to get Bush re-elected This is long, so here's a crucial excerpt: In Georgia, Republican Saxby Chambliss repeatedly questioned the patriotism of Democratic incumbent and triple amputee war hero Max Cleland during his campaign. Chambliss made the absurd claim that he was more patriotic than Cleland even though he had avoided service in the Vietnam war with a "medical deferment". A Poll taken by the Atlanta Journal Constitution published on November 1st, just five days before the election, showed support for Georgia Democratic Senator Max Cleland at 49%, clearly 5% ahead of Republican Saxby Chambliss at 44%. Many People in Georgia, particularly veterans, had been angered by the crude remarks made by Chambliss and they turned out in record numbers to vote for Cleland. When the 'Diebold' Electronic Voting tally was made public it stunned and confused the Georgia voters. Saxby Chambliss had won with 53% of the vote compared to Max Cleland's 46%. It represented a 13% pro-Republican swing that seemed to materialize out of cyberspace. The victories of Chambliss and Hagel, along with the tragic October 25, 2002 plane crash that killed Democratic Senator Paul Wellstone, virtually guaranteed Republican control of the Senate. (with links) how the vote count can be manipulated Media Censorship/Consolidation/Bias Project Censored Press freedom index Censored SNL Toon on Media Consolidation Disinfopedia an encyclopedia
of
propaganda, Urban Legends Reference Pages PR Watch a good example of how PR fakes the news
Council of Public Relations Firms
Lie or Cut Story Critical of Advertiser Columbia Journalism Review fact checks and analyzes primarily right wing sources FAIR Spinsanity.org emphasis on political ads at the moment Media
Channel Free
Press Media Reform The
Center for Public Integrity Institute
for Public Accuracy Outfoxed ***Outfoxed
trailer***
Primary Documents on Foreign Policy ***good for all topics except maybe energy*** Iraqi Threat "Allow the president to invade a neighboring
nation whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion ... and
you allow him to make war at pleasure. If today he should choose to say
he thinks it necessary to invade Canada to prevent the British from
invading us, how could you stop him? You may say to him, 'I see no
probability of the British invading us,' but he will say to you, 'Be
silent: I see it if you don't.'"
Congressman Abraham
Lincoln, 1848
Frontline:
10/03 Iraq story links Retired
Pentagon Analyst Returned to Work After 9/11 British Cabinet Member Says Threat Faked Blair Knew Iraq not a Threat says his Foreign Minister Diplomats
& Military Commanders for Change
Intelligence Insiders Speak out on Iraq Interview
with Producer of UNCOVERED Cooperative
Research Iraq Bibliograghy Rumsfeld's
handshake with Saddam and Coalition Provisional Authority Poll of Iraqis What do we have for comparison? US Nukes Nuke Delivery systems
9/11: what did we know? TV show on WTC attack BEFORE 9/11 Retroactively
classified testimony ***9/11 Commission Report*** The
Man Who Knew Congressional
9/11 Report Cooperative
Research 9/11 Bibliograghy Causes of Terrorism Frontline: Interview with Osama bin Laden Library of Congress Country Studies Al
Jazeera Arab
News 9/11 Business & Intervention "There is only one thing
in this world, and that is to keep acquiring money and more money,
power and more power. All the rest is meaningless."
Napoleon Bonaparte
Dollar
vs. Euro showdown in Middle East Intervention & democracy/nation building, etc. “There is such a thirst
for gain [among military suppliers]…that it is enough to make one curse
their own Species, for possessing so little virtue and patriotism.”
President George
Washington, 1778
“I don’t want to see a single war millionaire created in the United States as a result of this world disaster.” President Franklin D.
Roosevelt, during World War II
War
Is a Racket In
the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of
unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military
industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced
power exists and will persist.
We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together. (see section IV)
Confessions
of an Economic Hitman
One of the players explains why Third World countries have crushing debt and who benefits ***US Military Interventions*** Great list that gives causes, propaganda, and inciting incident for wars. Somewhat biased, but mostly accurate Speeches and Eyewitnesses to Intervention ***Mark Twain on Philippines is great, and Lodge on need for expansion is very relevant New York Times Special Report: The CIA in Iran Corpwatch Corpwatch Links
Israel ***Frontline: Battle for the Holy Land***
***How Will Israel Survive?*** |
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