US military intelligence agencies have influenced over 1,800 movies and TV shows

Post by cafard » Wed, Jul 05, 2017, 4:11 PM UTC

gumby wrote: post #100

cafard wrote: post #89

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How originally do you mean? In Henry James's novel The Ambassadors (1903), a character speaks of going into advertising "Advertising scientifically worked presented itself thus as the great new force."

Consider Bernay's book "Propaganda" (BTW Bernays was Freud's nephew).

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jul 05, 2017, 4:14 PM UTC

michaelt wrote: post #60

mistermann wrote: post #19

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I never watched west wing, how did it seem like propoganda, and what message did it send?

I'm not the person you're replying to but one thing I've seen pointed out [1] is that it portrays a largely unelected whitehouse staff where everyone is selfless, good, hard-working, quick-witted, reveres the constitution, always ultimately putting the country's interests before their own, always taking the moral choice and turning out to be right. There's nothing that makes you question the way the country is run, o…

Post by tootie » Wed, Jul 05, 2017, 4:22 PM UTC

atemerev wrote: post #2

When I've been telling everyone that James Bond and other similar movies serve the same role as military parades in Soviet-block countries, and heavily scripted by the military, they told me that this is another conspiracy theory and I must be plainly wrong. I wasn't.

Post by malchow » Wed, Jul 05, 2017, 4:24 PM UTC

austincheney wrote: post #129

I like how the article failed to mention the most obvious example. The military backed out support for the movie Independence Day because they didn't want to feed conspiracy nonsense about hiding aliens at area 51. Clearly this is a propaganda effort to bend the truth into a lie..... right? I also like how the article never mentioned military supported movies that indicate dishonorable conduct like Invisible War and…

Post by Animats » Wed, Jul 05, 2017, 4:46 PM UTC

gumby wrote: post #126

morsch wrote: post #104

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This kind of nationalistic-militaristic crossover with sports is not a thing anywhere in Europe, as far as I know. It's super cringey. Same category as having kids in school recite the pledge of allegiance every day. Just really weird.

I know: when I was a kid I was taught that the countries that needed these ritualistic pledges of patriotism and flag worship were the totalitarian ones (USSR, GDR, Turkey, Imperial Japan, etc). It was a shock to see my kid have to learn a flag prayer in the USA. And sport is a private sector activity -- why should the government be involved?