http://www.ipsnews.net/africa/interna.asp?idnews=28527
Secrecy, Propaganda Seen Sweeping U.S.
By William Fisher
NEW YORK, May 2 (IPS) -
Freedom of the press is in decline in the United States amid increased
government secrecy and propaganda, say media veterans, analysts, and
advocates.
Contrary to the conventional wisdom here that U.S. media are the
freest in the world, the United States has suffered ''notable
setbacks'' in press freedom and has slipped among countries tracked by
the New York-based rights group Freedom House.
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As Minister of Enlightenment, Goebbels had two main tasks:
to ensure nobody in Germany could read or see anything that was
hostile or damaging to the Nazi Party.
to ensure that the views of the Nazis were put across in the most
persuasive manner possible.
Nazi Germany introduced a system of censorship.
You could only read, see and hear what the Nazis wanted you to read,
see and hear.
In this way, if you believed what you were told, the Nazi leaders
logically assumed that opposition to their rule would be very small
and practiced only by those on the very extreme who would be easy to
catch.
Harry
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