War by Media and the Triumph of Propaganda

[Octafish]

11. It's their job, missing the point.

To protect capital and its global empire, Corporate Owned News media omit, distort, fabricate and whatever else may be needed.

Shocking:

Did Rupert Murdoch Push Tony Blair on Iraq War?

Rupert Murdoch took part in an "over-crude" attempt by US Republicans to push Tony Blair into action before the invasion of Iraq, the former British prime minister's ex-media chief claimed Saturday.

Alastair Campbell said the News Corporation media baron warned Blair in a phone call of the dangers in delaying signing up to the March 19, 2003 invasion, as part of an attempt to speed up Britain joining the military campaign.

SNIP...

"Both TB and I felt it was prompted by Washington, and another example of their over-crude diplomacy. Murdoch was pushing all the Republican buttons, how the longer we waited the harder it got."

The following day he added: "TB felt the Murdoch call was odd, not very clever."

CONTINUED...

http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/970894/shocking%3A_did_rupert_murdoch_push_tony_blair_on_iraq_war/

There was a time I wondered why Corporate McPravda failed to follow-up on all this. It turned out they were part of the coincidence.

Do you know about the late Alex Carey, Sendero? An expert on propaganda, Carey said:

"The 20th century is marked by three historic developments: the growth of democracy via the expansion of the franchise, the growth of corporations, and the growth of propaganda to protect corporations from democracy."

The guy was on to 'em. Here're links to a pair of great webcasts Time Of Useful Consciousness Radio:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022862898