http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2004/11/30/the-packaging-of-propaganda-as-film/ Danny Schechter's daily media dissections Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:19:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.9 http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2004/11/30/the-packaging-of-propaganda-as-film/#comment-398 Mon, 21 Mar 2005 17:59:26 +0000 http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2004/11/30/the-packaging-of-propaganda-as-film/#comment-398 I became interested in this and found pretty much the same information on the net. Managed to get a copy from ebay. It is 'preception management'. It's one of the most graphically violent films you will ever see. I found out that Iraqi exiles called the Iraq Foundation gave the producers torture footage from the Saddam Hussein era. Scenes of hands being cut off and people being blown up are shown. I think the aim, as with the film WMD: Weapon of Mass Destruction, is to horrify the audience, to make people so scared that you can then slip in the message: 'it was right to go to war to stop this'. The other message to slip in is: 'what the liberal media are telling you is wrong'. The website says that it is independent of political viewpoint, then the film turns up on the Liberty Film Festival. I became interested in this and found pretty much the same information on the net. Managed to get a copy from ebay. It is ‘preception management’. It’s one of the most graphically violent films you will ever see. I found out that Iraqi exiles called the Iraq Foundation gave the producers torture footage from the Saddam Hussein era. Scenes of hands being cut off and people being blown up are shown. I think the aim, as with the film WMD: Weapon of Mass Destruction, is to horrify the audience, to make people so scared that you can then slip in the message: ‘it was right to go to war to stop this’. The other message to slip in is: ‘what the liberal media are telling you is wrong’. The website says that it is independent of political viewpoint, then the film turns up on the Liberty Film Festival.

]]> http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2004/11/30/the-packaging-of-propaganda-as-film/#comment-396 Mon, 21 Mar 2005 04:45:10 +0000 http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2004/11/30/the-packaging-of-propaganda-as-film/#comment-396 Thanks for your insight on Voices of Iraq. I almost fell for the message until I got to the credits. I wondered who "the Iraqi people" were, why there were no real credits, why there was no information on the editing, and just who was "Voices of Freedom LLC". Sounded smelly to me. You confirmed my suspicions. Propaganda is flowing. Thanks for your insight on Voices of Iraq. I almost fell for the message until I got to the credits. I wondered who “the Iraqi people” were, why there were no real credits, why there was no information on the editing, and just who was “Voices of Freedom LLC”. Sounded smelly to me. You confirmed my suspicions. Propaganda is flowing.

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