Patty

With the spigot of propaganda wide open and Washington appearing increasingly bent on instigating the next war, we thought lessons from past "wars" might help the people when thinking about what is spoon-fed to them each and every day. "To Sell A War" is a documentary that first aired in December 1992 exposing the Citizens for a Free Kuwait campaign as public relations spin to gain public opinion support for the Gulf War. Among other things, it reveals that Nurse Nayirah was in fact Nijirah al-Sabah, the daughter of Kuwait's ambassador to the United States Saud Nasir Al-Sabah, coached by Hill & Knowlton to forge her infamous testimony about Iraqi soldiers removing babies from incubators, which was widely reported and repeated throughout the media.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaR1YBR5g6U&feature=player_embedded

lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas

What used to be called "propaganda", is now called "public relations". Giving a, somewhat, legitimacy to lying, to get the desired results. Is there any surprise that our own elected officials perfected the use of "public relations" in political campaigning? Public relations firms are well aware of the medias need to entertain and draft their campaigns accordingly.

Patty

:thumbup: :thumbup: Interestingly enough, after further research of the same PR firm Hill+Knowlton Strategies that fed the PR on the war for Iraq I found that they opened an office in Kiev late last year.
http://www.prweek.com/article/1284068/agencies-brands-stay-course-despite-russia-ukraine-tensions

lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas

Well, well, well! The rotten apples DO fall far from the trees!