Whoever Reads Bourgeois Newspapers Becomes Blind and Deaf: Away with These Stultifying Bandages!
- It was the 1930’s and artist John Heartfield warned the world about the media the propaganda machine of the Nazi party.
He warned the citizen about not checking the facts not looking for the truth. He warned about disinformation created by the Professional Media Propagandists designed to not only to twist the truth but to turn outright false information into the truth.
- Today we have well trained and professional Propagandists that cover the corporate controlled airwaves of radio, print and television with such vile content we can all be glad smell has not been incorporated into media presentation.
Take the latest attack against Barack Obama. It started with the allegations that Obama was not really born in the USA. Jerome Corsi alleged that Obama was not a citizen of the United States and that the Obama Campaign had forged documents, Obama’s birth certificate, and posted those false documents on his campaign website.
- To the rescue is Factcheck.org.
Factcheck.org is a nonpartisan, nonprofit,”consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in US politics, they monitor and check the facts of major political issues. http://www.factcheck.org/about
- Today News Week republished their findings on the question of Obamas birth place.
Born in the USA http://www.newsweek.com/id/154599 , you can also read the original story at the Factcheck.org website http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/born_in_the_usa.html
- In short the allegations that Barack Obama is not a citizen of the Untied States of America are false, outright lies in fact with no proof other than the spoken words of the propagandists.
The Propaganda mouth pieces for the conservative party are household names today, Bill O’reily, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Micheal Savage, Laura Ingraham and many many more. They make false statements, erroneous statements, then they persuade their audiences the statements are facts. Others like Jerome Corsi write books and they to turn fiction into fact in the minds of the ill-informed reader.
- Now I am not advocating for Barack Obama I am advocating for intelligent thoughtful investigation of a modern Propaganda machine that threatens the core of our very freedom.
As John Heartfield tried to warn the world about the Nazi Party and the real business of Hitler and the boys. Money and Power. I urge you to check the facts and check them with reliable sources.
- The Internet and the Blogshere are wondrous tools, but misused without a code of ethics, without the reader checking the facts they can and are true dangers to our freedom.
I find it incredible the very thing that has given us such freedom of speech and information is also the thing that may take it away.
- But the Internet may be the last place where “We The People” can find the truth because the mainstream media has been bought and sold and controlled.
I can’t be sure if these mega stars of the airwaves really believe what they are saying when they say it. I can’t be sure if they are directed by or controlled by the conservative Party. But what I can be sure of is they have lost sight of the truth, they have lost sight of objective reporting and they have lost sight of land, the land that is America.
- Don’t be a sheep, don’t be lead by wolves in sheep clothing.
I worked on an exhibit of John Heartfield’s work when I was an art student. I think it was then that I realized the power of the media and the power of propaganda. Read more about John Heartfield and his art at these websites. What do you think about the media?
http://www.towson.edu/heartfield/art/5.html
Filed under: Art, Art News, News, Photography, Politics , Barack Obama, Born in the USA, Conservative Propaganda, John Hearfield, NewsWeek
