reply to post by Gridrebel
the US govt has legalised propaganda now.Now US media should not be trusted at all.
Defense Bill Legalizes US Propaganda
June 11, 2012
A new feature in the latest version of the National Defense Authorization Act would legalize U.S. government propaganda directed at the American
people, with the belief that successful wars require domestic acceptance, writes Lawrence Davidson.
By Lawrence Davidson
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is misnamed, since it has less to do with defense than offense. The offensive it wages is not just
against a growing list of alleged enemies of the United States but also, from a constitutional perspective, against the rights of American citizens
and residents.
Major parts of the legislation are based on the assumption that key legal protections for individuals are incompatible with the requirements of
national security. The result is that Americans are now caught between “the terrorists” and the authoritarian propensities of their own
government.
Big Brother poster illustrating George Orwell's novel about modern propaganda, 1984.
The NDAA – specifically Section 1021(b)(2) – has already institutionalized the U.S. military’s ability to indefinitely detain, without charge or
trial, citizens and non-citizens alike. This is a serious abuse of power. The monarchical authority our Founders sought to escape practiced such a
“disappearance” of people. So have the contemporary dictatorships that Washington has so consistently supported.
Now Americans, apparently having no patience or imagination to seek routes to security compatible with our own legal principles, are ready to
illegally imprison without recourse those whom we (rightly or wrongly) fear.
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