Business, RNC lend hand to Bush blitz -chgo trib

[mopinko]

By Mark Silva
Washington Bureau
Published March 14, 2005

WASHINGTON -- The White House, in concert with the Republican National Committee and well-financed business groups, has launched an unprecedented campaign for changes in Social Security, including essays in local newspapers, media interviews and supporters calling in to radio shows to back President Bush.

The drive, which includes mobilization of supporters to attend rallies for the president and town-hall meetings by members of Congress, closely tracks Bush's travels as he crisscrosses the nation on a 60-day tour touting Social Security revisions facing opposition in Congress.

The coordination among the president, Republican Party and privately financed organizations is the latest example of an aggressive, disciplined control of information flowing from the White House, which experts say dwarfs the communications efforts of previous administrations.

Many attribute the administration's successes in no small part to this painstaking control of information. These efforts have ranged from the innovative and aggressive to what the non-partisan Government Accountability Office has called the illegal production of video reports that appear to be the work of journalists.

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just for today, i am glad i did not cancel my subcription to the chgo trip. just so i could see, with my own eyes, the words bush and prodaganda, next to each other, on the front page of my paper. this article http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0503140217mar14,1,2052254.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed&ctrack=3&cset=true starts as a sidebar, front page, above the fold. the jump to page 12 is followed by
WHITE HOUSE INFORMATION TACTICS
Is it public relations or propaganda?
snip
The question ended Gannon's stint in the press room. Liberal bloggers linked Gannon to Web sites catering to gay pornography and prostitution.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0503140203mar14,1,20633.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed&ctrack=2&cset=true

dare we hope?

[doublethink]

1. There's a word for this .....

"Propaganda"

[mopinko]

2. if you read both articles,

they are pretty tough for the trib.

[Zorra]

3. "painstaking control of information"

Bingo, doublethink.

They are lying, the media is even telling us that they are lying, but the tragic thing is, the zombie sheep will believe it anyway.

I SAW IT ON TV (J.C. Fogerty)

They sent us home to watch the show comin' on the little screen;
A man named Ike was in the White House, big black limousine;
There were many shows to follow, from 'Hooter' to 'Doodyville',
Though I saw them all, I can't recall which cartoon was real.

The coon-skin caps, Yankee bats, the "Hound Dog" man's big start;
The A-Bomb fears, Annette had ears, I lusted in my heart.
A young man from Boston set sail the new frontier,
And we watched the Dream dead-end in Dallas,
They buried innocence that year.

I know it's true, oh so true, 'cause I saw it on TV.

We gathered round to hear the sound comin' on the little screen,
The grief had passed, the old men laughed, and all the girls screamed
'Cause four guys from England took us all by the hand,
It was time to laugh, time to sing, time to join the band.

But all too soon, we hit the moon, and covered up the sky;
They built their bombs, and aimed their guns, and still I don't know why
The dominoes tumbled and big business roared;
Every night at six, they showed the pictures and counted up the score.

I know it's true, oh so true, 'cause I saw it on TV.

The old man rocks among his dreams, a prisoner of the porch;
"The light," he says "At the end of the tunnel,
Was nothin' but a burglar's torch."
And them that was caught in the Cover are all rich and free,
But they chained my mind to an endless tomb
When they took my only son from me.

I know it's true, oh so true, 'cause I saw it on TV.
I know it's true, oh so true, 'cause I saw it on TV.

[mopinko]

4. the trib is a big media outlet

if they have put down the koolaid, there is hope. not sayin' they have. but these 2 articles seem to have a lot of fact in them. and they are giving it position. the jump is a two page spread, complete with big ole pic of armstrong williams.