How FCC's Martin is Joseph Goebbels for The Right

It occurs to me that the recent consolidation and concentration of media ownership further pushes America to in the direction of propaganda peddling.  Many call ours an information society.  But is it really information?

Based upon Goebbels' Principles of Propaganda by Leonard W. Doob, published in Public Opinion and Propaganda; A Book of Readings edited for The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues.

Current examples are in bold:

1. Propagandist must have access to intellijence concerning events and public opinion.

See also; administration data mining, telco immunity, Giuliani's company.

2. Propaganda must be planned and executed by only one authority.

a. It must issue all the propaganda directives.

b. It must explain propaganda directives to important officials and maintain their morale.

c. It must oversee other agencies' activities which have propaganda consequences

see also FCC and new media ownership rules, concentrations of the media.

3. The propaganda consequences of an action must be considered in planning that action.

4. Propaganda must affect the enemy's policy and action.

a. By suppressing propagandistically desirable material which can provide the enemy with useful intellijence

See also the constant melding of politics and policy.   A principle tenet of the Rove political doctrine

b. By openly disseminating propaganda whose content or tone causes the enemy to draw the desired conclusions

See also disinformation "leaked" to the press, Plame, etc..

c. By goading the enemy into revealing vital information about himself

d. By making no reference to a desired enemy activity when any reference would discredit that activity

5. Declassified, operational information must be available to implement a propaganda campaign

see also "leaks"

6. To be perceived, propaganda must evoke the interest of an audience and must be transmitted through an attention-getting communications medium.

see also, media concentration, Fox News, and other sources of "information."

7. Credibility alone must determine whether propaganda output should be true or false.

See also, constant ad hominem attacks designed to impugn credibility rather than arguing the principle of the idea.

8. The purpose, content and effectiveness of enemy propaganda; the strength and effects of an expose; and the nature of current propaganda campaigns determine whether enemy propaganda should be ignored or refuted.

See also, Foley, Craig, Haggerd etc.

9. Credibility, intellijence, and the possible effects of communicating determine whether propaganda materials should be censored.

See also, Michael Powell 2002-2004

10. Material from enemy propaganda may be utilized in operations when it helps diminish that enemy's prestige or lends support to the propagandist's own objective.

See also "Barrack Hussein Obama" drug user and dealer (thanks HIllary), Plame, Bush Co's slander of McCain in 2000, etc.

11. Black rather than white propaganda may be employed when the latter is less credible or produces undesirable effects.

See also "swift boat veterens" Valerie Plame, etc. etc.

12. Propaganda may be facilitated by leaders with prestige.

See also, The President, George Tennet, Collin Powell, etc. etc.

13. Propaganda must be carefully timed.

a. The communication must reach the audience ahead of competing propaganda.

b. A propaganda campaign must begin at the optimum moment

c. A propaganda theme must be repeated, but not beyond some point of diminishing effectiveness

See also, evidence everywhere

14. Propaganda must label events and people with distinctive phrases or slogans.

a. They must evoke desired responses which the audience previously possesses

b. They must be capable of being easily learned

c. They must be utilized again and again, but only in appropriate situations

d. They must be boomerang-proof

It's called MARKETING. "No Spin Zone" "Mission Accomplished" "Trusted News Leader" "Fair and Balanced" "Coke is it" "The Choice of a New Generation" "We Bring Good Things to Light"

15. Propaganda to the home front must prevent the raising of false hopes which can be blasted by future events.

See also, fear mongering since 9/11, the Giuliani campaign, the McCain campaign, the Romney Campaign, etc. etc.

16. Propaganda to the home front must create an optimum anxiety level.

See also, fear mongering after 9/11.  Tom Ridge, terror alert levels, etc..

a. Propaganda must reinforce anxiety concerning the consequences of defeat
See also, fear mongering, the Patriot Act, etc..

b. Propaganda must diminish anxiety (other than concerning the consequences of defeat) which is too high and which cannot be reduced by people themselves

See also, fear mongering

17. Propaganda to the home front must diminish the impact of frustration.

See also, "go shopping" "New Orleans will be rebuilt"

a. Inevitable frustrations must be anticipated

See also, "go shopping" "New Orleans will be rebuilt"

b. Inevitable frustrations must be placed in perspective

See also, "it's hard work"

18. Propaganda must facilitate the displacement of aggression by specifying the targets for hatred.

See also, the way the right talks about Muslims, "Barrack Hussein Obama" etc..

19. Propaganda cannot immediately affect strong counter-tendencies; instead it must offer some form of action or diversion, or both.

See also, pharmaceutical companies, entertainment companies, television, Six Flags etc. etc. etc.