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Rumsfeld Requests 24-hour Propaganda Machine

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the brainwashing-not-out-of-the-question dept.

jasonditz writes "The BBC is reporting that US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is unhappy with the existing propaganda systems in place and insists that the US must create a 'more effective, 24-hour propaganda machine' or risk losing the battle for the minds of Muslims. In an era where we've already got government-created and funded media outlets and the Pentagon bribing Iraqi journalists to run favorable war stories, not to mention other departments paying journalists to endorse their positions, it begs the question, how much more can they possibly do?"

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  1. I would think it is obvious.. by QuantumG · · Score: 5, Funny

    They need to install mind probes in the brain of every one of us. As well as receiving suggestive messages they also act as a tracking device. People will accept it because they get 2% off gasoline when they fill up and there's a shorter line at the airport for people who have been chipped.

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    1. Re:I would think it is obvious.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      We owe you one ;-)

      As a lawyer for the government, I'd like to clarify the statement made by our client to point out that we do not in fact owe you anything.

  2. Three words: by Snarfangel · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't use cartoons.

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  3. God bless Aljazeera by lixee · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thanks god for the BBc, AlJazeera, Slashdot and other less biased media.

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