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War Propaganda: Public Opinion
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With the advent of television, war propaganda and reporting went through a considerable evolution from the Korean War, to Vietnam, to the Oil Wars in the Middle East. Many have claimed that the relative freedom of journalists to report on the Vietnam War turned public opinion against the administration of Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon. Never again! Beginning with the Gulf War (1991), news coverage of international conflicts to domestic audiences was strictly censored and shaped by the military in a series of press conferences and news releases. "Surgical bombing" and "collateral damage" were euphemisms describing tremendous infrastructure damage and dead civilians, and illustrated with remote aerial shots devoid of human casualties. During the War on Iraq, embedded journalists were required to report only what their military chaperones throught suitable, and any news stories or images broadcast on CNN--if not censored by the Pentagon--went through a rigorous process of "analysis."
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In the years leading up to the Civil War both sides of the slavery issue made great use of images, fiction and religious propaganda to convert citizens to their side. None was more effective than Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. The unprecedented effect of the book on public opinion led President Lincoln to greet author Stowe with "So, this is the little lady who started this big war." The book was a bestseller and stage interpretations became a staple of American regional theaters, before, and after the war.
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Nothing could better open the eyes of the public to mischief in high places than a detailed personal account of Miller’s own assigned role in the pre-war propaganda campaign. How was she recruited for the assignment, or did she volunteer? How far back does her personal relationship go with Libby, Feith and Chalabi?
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