After World War II, Paul Lazarsfeld, the great Nazi propagandist, came to the US and founded the Bureau of Applied Social Research. His work broke new ground in the effects of mass media on public opinion.
Since the 1950s, the Pentagon and the Intelligence Services, including the NSA, have devoted untolled resources and time to make tremendous increases in the sophistication of the science of manipulating the public mind.
If there is anyone in America who hasn't caught on yet, this soliloquy by Chris Matthews should open your eyes to the ugly truth once and for all. Think Progress reports that Matthews lauded Bush for three uninterrupted minutes after his press conference, in which the President pled ignorance and recalcitrantly denied documented allegations of torture,.
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