Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Dead Fish Mystery in Haiti.
First the Black pig of Haiti had to go, Second the Chicken of Haiti had to go, Third vegetables of Haiti had to go, fourth the rice of Haiti had to go, NOW!! the Fish of Haiti has to go too. It won't have been so bad it the Haitian image was being genocide in front of the world, with the oldest propaganda trick in the book. NAME CALLING. This is about a disturbing, piece of reporting I saw about the fish of Haiti, washing up on shore already dead. here is the link http://www.euronews.net/2010/12/28/haiti-investigates-dead-fish-mystery/ . look in leave a comment.
Monday, December 27, 2010
I hate the Haitian Disapora Actions!
I must admit, that I " hate" the Haitian Diaspora Actions, I don't hate them as peoples but their behavior is "disturbing" if you ask me. What kind of person, take their vocation money to "near" by Caribbean nations, "which" by the way hate their guts; and leave their country "which" is in dire need of tourist money; in the dirt? A Haitian Diaspora, is that kind of person. Over the years, my eyes has hurt from, the lack of consciousness of their action as group of peoples. I can't and never will be able to explain, "why" Haitian Diaspora are in love, with foreigners "who" hate their guts to the ten power. I don't Hate foreigners but I must admit, I don't see none of them in line to visit Haiti, or take up for the Haitian peoples in the court of law neither. some time, I wonder "if" it is just me that realize the average Haitian Diaspora is as blind as a bat. I c'mon, how many time do they beam with joy to speak of other Caribbean nations, peoples, languages, culture, looks, behavior, attitude, manner,history, religion, laws, and land lay outs but not a word when it comes to Haiti. I am starting to wonder, about my peoples as a nation. Why do Haitian worship and adore, all that is repulse by it. I don't know whether it is because, I had a friend that, kept going on in on about the next door but never spoke a word about Haiti or even bother to visit , her own country. I find that to be disgusting, that Haitian peoples could hate their own birth place. Please leave me a comment.
Monday, December 20, 2010
Repost: I am a Haitian Woman and will NOT accept Cipha Sounds Apology
I am a Haitian Woman and will NOT accept Cipha Sounds Apology
On December 17th, 2010, DJ Cipha Sounds of HOT 97, went on the air and shared this joke. ”A stupid, tasteless joke …that was taken the wrong way!” A stupid joke that reflects my childhood, in one of the most diverse “places” in the world. A stupid, tasteless joke that made my mom make sure that I never walked with my head down. A stupid tasteless joke that the United States government and health organizations were responsible for perpetuating. As a Haitian American woman, I am grateful for the wise words that my mother shared with me, when I was growing up and had to hear these ignorant words.
I am certain that I do not want to have an hour long discussion with Cipha Sounds about the impact of what he said or the ignorant stereotypes that he shared. The problem with saying that all Haitian have HIV is that it is NOT true. But, this post is not about statistics that are made public via google. I heard the comment and I thought about the little girl that was in the public library reading at her own table and having some one say “hey everyone smell that …what? It is H.B.O…Haitian Body Odor.” Or, the fact that the church I grew up that was predominately immigrant based, asked for blood donations, but specifcally said you can not donate if you are Haitian! I have so many other stories, that go on and on. I have stories about people that were “forced” out of their jobs during the 80s and early 90s because they were Haitian and people thought they were HIV positive.
I do not remember, the times that my mother spoke to me as she would comb my hair. She would tell me to never LIE about who I as. I was Haitian. She told to me conduct myself with respect even when others would not do that. She never really wanted me to get in fights, but she did understand that life happened. She told me to never just blend in! I am Haitian, a shining star and just show the world who I am.
When kids were getting picked on at the library or we were walking home they would stop talking in Kreyol or laughing about Languichatte or Jesifra. They lied and told those bullies, I am Black American like you…I am Jamaican, Dominican, anything else but Haitian. So, Cipha Sounds I do not accept your disingenuous apology. I do not care that when you have a party you say “SAK PASSE”. You meant EXACTLY what you said. You now belong to the group one of the worst cowards that exist. The cowards that thinks an apology makes everything okay. Cipha, let me guess, you are going to make a large donation to the Haitian Earthquake relief fund and have a large Haitian party!
Cipha, you know those girls that are getting beat up in New Jersey because they are Haitian, well you just added more wood to the fire, because of your tasteless joke. You think of those girls that are struggling with life and just being teenagers, and then, think of your tasteless joke. Cipha, think a little bit harder since you did not do that when you shared your joke, then tell me….should any HAITIAN women accept that apology? I was right, no they should not.
For all the Haitian girls out there, pass this post one. Tout famn Ayisten, sonje nou dwe fye de sa nou ye. Sonje tout sa manman nou ak gran manman nou te fe pou nou, epi sa nap fe pou ti fi kap grandi yo. Kembe fem! Pa lage!
this is a repost, it can be found http://travellingwomanists.wordpress.com/2010/12/20/i-am-a-haitian-woman-and-will-not-accept-cipha-sounds-apology/#comment-153
This post caught the feel, of what was going , that is why I repost it.
I don't who the , person is but it is a great piece.
I am certain that I do not want to have an hour long discussion with Cipha Sounds about the impact of what he said or the ignorant stereotypes that he shared. The problem with saying that all Haitian have HIV is that it is NOT true. But, this post is not about statistics that are made public via google. I heard the comment and I thought about the little girl that was in the public library reading at her own table and having some one say “hey everyone smell that …what? It is H.B.O…Haitian Body Odor.” Or, the fact that the church I grew up that was predominately immigrant based, asked for blood donations, but specifcally said you can not donate if you are Haitian! I have so many other stories, that go on and on. I have stories about people that were “forced” out of their jobs during the 80s and early 90s because they were Haitian and people thought they were HIV positive.
I do not remember, the times that my mother spoke to me as she would comb my hair. She would tell me to never LIE about who I as. I was Haitian. She told to me conduct myself with respect even when others would not do that. She never really wanted me to get in fights, but she did understand that life happened. She told me to never just blend in! I am Haitian, a shining star and just show the world who I am.
When kids were getting picked on at the library or we were walking home they would stop talking in Kreyol or laughing about Languichatte or Jesifra. They lied and told those bullies, I am Black American like you…I am Jamaican, Dominican, anything else but Haitian. So, Cipha Sounds I do not accept your disingenuous apology. I do not care that when you have a party you say “SAK PASSE”. You meant EXACTLY what you said. You now belong to the group one of the worst cowards that exist. The cowards that thinks an apology makes everything okay. Cipha, let me guess, you are going to make a large donation to the Haitian Earthquake relief fund and have a large Haitian party!
Cipha, you know those girls that are getting beat up in New Jersey because they are Haitian, well you just added more wood to the fire, because of your tasteless joke. You think of those girls that are struggling with life and just being teenagers, and then, think of your tasteless joke. Cipha, think a little bit harder since you did not do that when you shared your joke, then tell me….should any HAITIAN women accept that apology? I was right, no they should not.
For all the Haitian girls out there, pass this post one. Tout famn Ayisten, sonje nou dwe fye de sa nou ye. Sonje tout sa manman nou ak gran manman nou te fe pou nou, epi sa nap fe pou ti fi kap grandi yo. Kembe fem! Pa lage!
this is a repost, it can be found http://travellingwomanists.wordpress.com/2010/12/20/i-am-a-haitian-woman-and-will-not-accept-cipha-sounds-apology/#comment-153
This post caught the feel, of what was going , that is why I repost it.
I don't who the , person is but it is a great piece.
Who is to blame, for "Haitian brand" bad image?
Who is to blame for the Haitian brand, being humilate, degrade, project as inferiors, rejects, misfit, the Western Corporate News Media, the Haitian nation "their" selves , for sitting on the sideline, for almost 30yrs silence or is it other minorities, who are looking for a group; that is inferior, so they jump on the boat cause it's them "for" the first time. Who is to blame? ALL above. what do you think? In do you, "think" I am wrong.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
My Haitian experience in America.
I made a video on YouTube, maybe it was too honest; for me to put myself out there to "dry" but I felt like, it had to be done. So, many Haitian "that" grow up in America in the 80's "understand" your story , of mistreatment is not uniquely yours, but the collective experience. I understand; we are shape but our pass and experiences. I have to be honest, for a long time ; I didn't want to admit "to" the awful treatment ,at the hands of "other" black groups that deem ; my group as inferior. I didn't want to admit for a long time; it was my Haitian condition that set, other groups"ahead" of mines. I knew by the age of 12, people hate what is different, and what they don't understand. In most of this Hate is fuel by foolishness; I put out there in the holp at "least" one, Ayitian/Haitian person, may heal from the pass; understanding. I too was a victim of Hate; fuel by western corporate media need to produce a weak link or an inferior race; so "their" peoples can feel good, "at" the experience of Haiti Story being distorted , beyond measurement. I hope this will bless, and up lift the hurting Ayitian/Haitian who grow up in America or as a matter fact, out side of their, country "who" never had closure of the pass pain. I understand "they " did it out of pure ignorance; and the hate of what is different. People hate "what " is different, they could and sometime kill it cause it is different.
Let me know "what" your experience was, like? In did this article relate to your Haitian experience in America , or was it completely off? Anyone that know me, knows Please don't add American in fronto f my Haitian or after my Haitian. It was made real clear to me, at an early age. I wasn't; and as an adult," I choice" never to be call or allow anyone to call me, America-Haitian or Haitian-American; I am just a Haitian , a woman; with a unique look at the world. In Yes, there is nothing , wrong with being Haitian cause I am .There is healing in telling each other, our story.
Saturday, December 18, 2010
The stigmatisation of the Haitian nation a.k.a "4-H Club".
**4-H Club**Every Haitian should know, what that club is.
Of course, so much that passes for science surrounding the "origin" of AIDS is nonsense and racist and reeks of disinformation - all in an attempt to cover up the MAN-MADE origin of HIV/AIDS ( 2007, Rense).
The discovery of AIDS in Haiti, help to brand "high-risk" to the Haitian-Americans, quickly led to a severe crippling of the Haitian tourist trade. U.S. scientists heavily promoted the theory that AIDS was brought to America by affluent, young promiscuous gays from Manhattan, who regularly traveled to Port-au-Prince and Carrefours "where" it was cheap and easy to have sex with Haitian men. Early in the epidemic, epidemiologists emphasized that AIDS was a homosexual disease acquired by the practice of anal-genital sex. The public was repeatedly informed that the "gay plague" was brought to America by Manhattan gays sodomized in Haiti ( 2007, Rense).
In March,(1983) the CDC stated that,
*Nevertheless, the "inclusion" of Haitians as a risk group caused much controversy. Haitian Americans complained of stigmatisation, officials accused the CDC of racism, and Haiti suffered a serious blow to its tourism industry.43 44 Before long people were talking colloquially of a "4-H Club" at risk of AIDS: homosexuals, haemophiliacs, heroin addicts and Haitians.45 46 Some people substituted hookers for
haemophiliacs.
world wide people started to believe and think , If you were "not" part of the "4-H-Club" you was straight. It's Even funny, that the club was 4-H, Ayiti become Haiti in The western countries , due to the Fact they couldn't pronounce the country name correctly. Isn't it funny, that club ; would be 4-H or is suppose to be sublimely 4-Haitian.
If you want to see how this rumor stay alive, than visit this here http://www.aegis.com/topics/timeline/, which the reader is ask to take the information provide more accurate than their doctors.
This debilitating liver disorder, caused by a virus, strikes the same groups as AIDS: homosexuals, Haitians, intravenous drug users, hemophiliacs and recipients of blood transfusions. It is known to be carried in body fluids, including blood, semen, saliva,
sweat and mucus. Could AIDS also be a virus, transmitted in the same manner?(Newsweek / April 18, 1983, MEDICINE) could writing like possible, have shape the minds of millions of peoples around to the to 4-H club. You have to admit there are more writing about 4-H Club , when it comes to AIDS.
RESULTS: In 2007, Haitian-born persons constituted 1.2% of US AIDS cases, yet accounted for 0.18% of the total US population based on the American Community Survey estimates, which suggests a seven-fold overrepresentation in the CDC AIDS surveillance data. However, when using population estimates from the Haitian Consulate, the overrepresentation ranges from three-to-four-fold, which is similar to the AIDS rate for blacks/African-Americans.
CONCLUSION: The importance of having accurate denominators to estimate the AIDS rate for the Haitian population is paramount (Marc LG, Patel-Larson A, Hall HI, Hughes D, Alegría M, Jeanty G, Eveillard YS, Jean-Louis E; National Haitian-American Health Alliance.)
Even til this very day, You find the "4-H club" just refine; this foolishness will only end "when" Haitian take their brand serious. You can go to CDC right now, in see refine 4-H club here fellow this link http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/ehap/resources/pubs/082010/index.htm scroll down in you see, that the 4 H-Club is refine.
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, has always accuse the Haitian nation for bring AIDS to America. Let's see what Michael Worobey, who is an "evolutionary biologist" who work at the University of Arizona, and colleagues, who have analyzed" five blood samples" Yes five blood samples, which they collected in 1982 and 1983 from Haitian HIV/AIDS patients in Miami that had been frozen and stored by CDC (Chong, Los Angeles Times, 10/30).
Worobey; that beleieve that Haitians AIDS are genetically the most similar to the African virus, ok. Why wouldn't; the Haitian, HIV disease "not" be similar to African, when Haitian are "African" LOL and most Haitian are 100% African in DNA. Michael Worobey, claim this prove that Haitian AIDS viruses are among the earliest . SO, a whole nation is going to stigmatize over "five blood sample." Gesh, these guys "sure" are genuis.The researchers found a 99.7% certainty that HIV subtype B originated in Haiti. All disease rather it be be AIDS, any other kind ,will take on particular markers of the group "that's" effective with it, that's common sense. let's continue to looking into this fool, who claim that Haiti is the origin of AIDS.
Worobey concluded that the virus was brought to Haiti by Haitians who traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo after it became independent in 1960. He added that the virus was then carried to the U.S. by Haitian immigrants between 1966 and 1972 (Los Angeles Times, 10/30).
Worobey, believe an unknown Haitian immigrant likely arrived in a large U.S. city, such as New York or Miami, and the virus circulated in the U.S. population and then to other nations before it was discovered. The mutation timeline of the virus presented in the study places the virus in the U.S. about 12 years before the disease was recognized by scientists in 1981, Reuters reports (Reuters, 10/29).
* my problem is, who is this unknow Haitian immgrate. If ya'll want to see , why this rumor won't die than ya'll need to read Michael Worobey , pseudo scinece on How Haiti give AIDS to the world cause that is who research that is being to back this foolisheness up.
No doubt, experts will continue to provide "official" and unofficial theories about Haitian AIDS. It is possible that some day these stories will be among the biggest "fairy tales" ever reported in the medical literature ( 2007,Rense ).
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References
The Hsitory of AIDS up to 1986, http://www.avert.org/aids-history-86.htm
HIV Arrived in U.S. From Haiti 10 Years Earlier Than Previously Believed, Study Says, http://www.thebody.com/content/whatis/art43752.html
Newsweek / April 18, 1983. MEDICINE. http://www.whatisaids.com/newsweekarticle.htm
Marc LG, Patel-Larson A, Hall HI, Hughes D, Alegría M, Jeanty G, Eveillard YS, Jean-Louis E; National Haitian-American Health Alliance. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20543655
CDC. http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/ehap/resources/pubs/082010/index.htm
Rense. 2007. http://www.rense.com/general79/hati.htm
Of course, so much that passes for science surrounding the "origin" of AIDS is nonsense and racist and reeks of disinformation - all in an attempt to cover up the MAN-MADE origin of HIV/AIDS ( 2007, Rense).
In March,(1983) the CDC stated that,
"persons who may be considered at increased risk of AIDS include those with symptoms and signs suggestive of AIDS; sexual partners of AIDS patients; sexually active homosexual or bisexual men with multiple partners; Haitian entrants to the United States; present or past abusers of IV drugs; patients with haemophilia; and sexual partners of individuals at increased risk for AIDS."That was their exact statement; in front of the world. You notice, that "there" is only one group or better yet one particular nation highlighted here. In what is their name, Ayititan/Haitian. But for some strange reason the "same" report also stated , "each group contains many persons who probably have little risk of acquiring AIDS... Very little is known about risk factors for Haitians with AIDS."42
*Nevertheless, the "inclusion" of Haitians as a risk group caused much controversy. Haitian Americans complained of stigmatisation, officials accused the CDC of racism, and Haiti suffered a serious blow to its tourism industry.43 44 Before long people were talking colloquially of a "4-H Club" at risk of AIDS: homosexuals, haemophiliacs, heroin addicts and Haitians.45 46 Some people substituted hookers for
haemophiliacs.
world wide people started to believe and think , If you were "not" part of the "4-H-Club" you was straight. It's Even funny, that the club was 4-H, Ayiti become Haiti in The western countries , due to the Fact they couldn't pronounce the country name correctly. Isn't it funny, that club ; would be 4-H or is suppose to be sublimely 4-Haitian.
If you want to see how this rumor stay alive, than visit this here http://www.aegis.com/topics/timeline/, which the reader is ask to take the information provide more accurate than their doctors.
This debilitating liver disorder, caused by a virus, strikes the same groups as AIDS: homosexuals, Haitians, intravenous drug users, hemophiliacs and recipients of blood transfusions. It is known to be carried in body fluids, including blood, semen, saliva,
sweat and mucus. Could AIDS also be a virus, transmitted in the same manner?(Newsweek / April 18, 1983, MEDICINE) could writing like possible, have shape the minds of millions of peoples around to the to 4-H club. You have to admit there are more writing about 4-H Club , when it comes to AIDS.
RESULTS: In 2007, Haitian-born persons constituted 1.2% of US AIDS cases, yet accounted for 0.18% of the total US population based on the American Community Survey estimates, which suggests a seven-fold overrepresentation in the CDC AIDS surveillance data. However, when using population estimates from the Haitian Consulate, the overrepresentation ranges from three-to-four-fold, which is similar to the AIDS rate for blacks/African-Americans.
CONCLUSION: The importance of having accurate denominators to estimate the AIDS rate for the Haitian population is paramount (Marc LG, Patel-Larson A, Hall HI, Hughes D, Alegría M, Jeanty G, Eveillard YS, Jean-Louis E; National Haitian-American Health Alliance.)
Even til this very day, You find the "4-H club" just refine; this foolishness will only end "when" Haitian take their brand serious. You can go to CDC right now, in see refine 4-H club here fellow this link http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/ehap/resources/pubs/082010/index.htm scroll down in you see, that the 4 H-Club is refine.
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, has always accuse the Haitian nation for bring AIDS to America. Let's see what Michael Worobey, who is an "evolutionary biologist" who work at the University of Arizona, and colleagues, who have analyzed" five blood samples" Yes five blood samples, which they collected in 1982 and 1983 from Haitian HIV/AIDS patients in Miami that had been frozen and stored by CDC (Chong, Los Angeles Times, 10/30).
Worobey; that beleieve that Haitians AIDS are genetically the most similar to the African virus, ok. Why wouldn't; the Haitian, HIV disease "not" be similar to African, when Haitian are "African" LOL and most Haitian are 100% African in DNA. Michael Worobey, claim this prove that Haitian AIDS viruses are among the earliest . SO, a whole nation is going to stigmatize over "five blood sample." Gesh, these guys "sure" are genuis.The researchers found a 99.7% certainty that HIV subtype B originated in Haiti. All disease rather it be be AIDS, any other kind ,will take on particular markers of the group "that's" effective with it, that's common sense. let's continue to looking into this fool, who claim that Haiti is the origin of AIDS.
Worobey concluded that the virus was brought to Haiti by Haitians who traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo after it became independent in 1960. He added that the virus was then carried to the U.S. by Haitian immigrants between 1966 and 1972 (Los Angeles Times, 10/30).
Worobey, believe an unknown Haitian immigrant likely arrived in a large U.S. city, such as New York or Miami, and the virus circulated in the U.S. population and then to other nations before it was discovered. The mutation timeline of the virus presented in the study places the virus in the U.S. about 12 years before the disease was recognized by scientists in 1981, Reuters reports (Reuters, 10/29).
* my problem is, who is this unknow Haitian immgrate. If ya'll want to see , why this rumor won't die than ya'll need to read Michael Worobey , pseudo scinece on How Haiti give AIDS to the world cause that is who research that is being to back this foolisheness up.
********************Leave a Comment**************
References
The Hsitory of AIDS up to 1986, http://www.avert.org/aids-history-86.htm
HIV Arrived in U.S. From Haiti 10 Years Earlier Than Previously Believed, Study Says, http://www.thebody.com/content/whatis/art43752.html
Newsweek / April 18, 1983. MEDICINE. http://www.whatisaids.com/newsweekarticle.htm
Marc LG, Patel-Larson A, Hall HI, Hughes D, Alegría M, Jeanty G, Eveillard YS, Jean-Louis E; National Haitian-American Health Alliance. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20543655
CDC. http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/ehap/resources/pubs/082010/index.htm
Rense. 2007. http://www.rense.com/general79/hati.htm
Friday, December 17, 2010
Not until Western Corporate News Media come clean.
Not until Western Corporate News Media can comes clean, about the issues surrounding Ayiti poverty , as long as "they" stay on same the model, they are on , I will never trust any piece 'they" do on Ayiti/Haiti . In my eye "sight" they can go to hell, with all their propaganda, distortion, misinformation, and white wash hero story of the " Great White Hope "to the rescue of the "savages " of Haiti, which is more nothing than "their" own policies, staring them right in the faces. They have "always" had ill attentions, when it comes to "them' report from Ayiti/Haiti on their channels. It has always been about making the case for NGO's, who are a serious problem and plus they hinder Ayiti/Haiti public section from growning, UN troops "who" are illegally occupation Ayiti/Haiti; UN Troops have done some unspeakable acts, toward the peoples of Haiti, under the disguise of security; Multinationals and Iinternational peoples "who" have and still is undermining Ayiti/Haiti leadership and oh Yeah, the "Elite" in Ayiti , that small group; who have in still receive backing from International and Multinational in the form of security and finance. That is why "we" Ayitian "own" it to our Nation to speak Ayiti/Haiti truth, they may have a "well" oil machine to spread distortion about Ayiti/Haiti and Her peoples. We must "not" let that be the reason, That "Ayiti " story is not made known to the world.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Bill Clinton is "NO" Hero of Haiti
Western corporate news media have sold the world, Bill Clinton has Ayiti/Haiti white hero, running on a white horse to save the desperately poor, "backwards", "savages" that can't governing their country for the last 2 century. A country in the western hemisphere plague of "corruption," thugs, "violence," rape, "child slavery", and oh yeah "poverty" unlike nothing the western hemisphere has seen before; and last but final their voodoo , zombie, voodoo doll, black magic , place is curse from god his self. Sound like a great Hollywood production, but Bill Clinton is "NO" Hero of Haiti. He is "one" out of the many artitech behind Haiti poverty policies. This is beyond a gross act, to have such an animal as Bill Clinton step his foot in Ayiti/Haitiis is cruel beyond logic . The same Bill Clinton who violated his campaign promise and kept George Bush Sr.’s policy of jailing Haitian refugees in Guantanamo. He pressured Aristide while in exile to adopt free market economic policies ,as the condition of restoring him to power in 1994. which destroy the Ayitian Rice farmers lives.Bill ensure advantage of U.S. Agribusiness. Made Rene Preval, further "deregulate" the economy . Making Haiti the first 100% free market economy in the Western Hemisphere, and consequently its poorest. all while shaking hands, in taking photo ops, for the western corporate news media, to spin as Haiti last great "white" hope to get set right has a nation. true to form that "reptilian" Bill Clinton has proving his cold blood nature by, worked with former World Bank employee Paul Collier, multinational corporations and of course the Haitian elite(Mevs.Bigio,Brand, Accra and the other nefarious ones) to impose another free-market plan on Haiti. While U.N. troops in their illegal occupation role in Haiti since 2004. Clinton , Collier and Ayiti grown terrorist are going around the country promoting sweatshops, tourism, and export-oriented agriculture.
Inclosing , this is from the guy "who" recently apologized for impoverishing the lives of peasant farmers in Haiti. But as always with Clinton, his rhetoric could not be more different than his policies ( Smith, Ashley 2010).
Reference: Smith, Ashley.2010. Bill Clinton:Haiti's Neo-colonial overlord.
Inclosing , this is from the guy "who" recently apologized for impoverishing the lives of peasant farmers in Haiti. But as always with Clinton, his rhetoric could not be more different than his policies ( Smith, Ashley 2010).
Reference: Smith, Ashley.2010. Bill Clinton:Haiti's Neo-colonial overlord.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
The Most Successful Propaganda Techniques
The Most Successful Propaganda Techniques [aka Mainstream Media's Style Guide]
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A list of the most common, and successful, propaganda techniques currently in use. If you spend any time at all consuming mass media, you will find these techniques familiar.
# 1. Guilt By Association: This is used to damage someone's reputation by associating them with an unattractive person or organization. It doesn't matter if there is an actual association or not. Example: Kristen said that too many people were moving into the South without the input of Americans already living there. "This land is for my grandchildren, not world wide social experiments. She lives a couple states away from where David Duke has his national office, and some think many in the region feel the way she does.
# 2. Backstroke: Systematically belittling the goals of the subject of the article as the goals are being listed. For every step forward for the subject, the propagandist pulls the reader back. Example: This year the political party's stated goal is to give the rally a warm atmosphere. We walked into the cave-like coliseum as the preparations for the rally were taking place. "We're trying to create a family atmosphere" said one representative of the party as he squinted into the harsh lights. "There are the children's rides" he said happily pointing to where union workmen smashed open wooden crates with iron crowbars.
# 3. Misinformation: This is a subtle technique, it involves reporting information in such a way that the final message of the story is not true, it's what the propagandist wants you to believe. Example: Recently a well known conservative tried to run advertisements in university newspapers addressing slave reparations for black Americans. The writer listed several facts which he felt demonstrated why reparations are not necessary and not fair. One of these facts was the fact that black Americans in the United States today earn, on average, around 20 times more than blacks living in Africa, and therefore, according to the author, descendents of slaves are actually far better off today than the people who remained behind. A second author, writing about the advertisement, stated only that "the first author said that blacks were better off being slaves.", but didn't explain the facts the first author had shared. Imagine if you read the second author's report and weren't familiar with the first author's position. You would think the first author was a monster for saying that people were lucky to be slaves! But that's not what the first author said, he said their descendants have a lot more money now than the people still living in the original countries have. This is misinformation, you're given a half truth about someone's position, and it is presented in a misleading fashion.
# 4. Over Humanization: It is a perfectly valid technique to tell a story by focusing on the real people who the story impacts. However, this is also an easy technique for manipulation when a propagandist tries to mask an issue by making anyone who has a valid disagreement look evil due to all the human suffering talked about in the story. Example: Standing in the dusty desert was Juanita Lopez Camal Esquedo and her 15 hungry children. Half of the children were blind, the other half were crippled. As the smallest child, little Juanita, looked across the barbed wire fence into America, she begged her mommy for some food. Since everyone in Mexico had died of starvation, and food would never grow there again, there was nowhere else for them to go. And after all, this was the only family that wanted to come into America anyway. Just one more family. Over humanization can be used not only with illegal immigration, but also with any other potential tear-jerker topic.
# 5. Name Calling: This is officially the oldest trick in the book. It is cheap and easy. Often immigration reform activists are called anti-immigrant, people who are against state sponsored racism are called "racists" themselves. Name calling clouds and confuses issues, and when repeated by enough people on one side of an issue, creates a weight of its own, which isn't really there, but must now be explained before the victim "may" have an opinion regarding the issue in question. Example: By saying that the population is growing too quickly, many people assumed she was a racist.
# 6. He Said, She Said: This is a technique whereby the author can say something they know isn't true, or isn't fair, but they want to say it anyway. Example: Project USA is a group which claims to support reasonable levels of immigration. They've put up billboards with Department of Statistics information which states that the US population will double within 50 years. The billboards have pictures of children of different races with the words "The population of the US will double within this child's lifetime. Stop it congress". Some people say this is hate speech. Note: a statistic (the fact that the US population will double at current levels of immigration) cannot be hateful. This is just a numerical fact, like saying water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit. The author knows this is an unfair statement, but wants to say it anyway. That's why she says "some people say", rather than "I say".
# 7. Unproven "Facts" This is when a (usually immature) "writer" is frantically trying to "prove" a position and they begin to quote "studies", "reports", and "experts" as "proving" this or that, but they never mention the study's name, location, where copies can be found, or the conditions specific to the experiments. Example: Recent studies show that the media is right 99% of the time. Also, an expert from the University of Happiness was quoted as saying "People in the media work harder than anyone who thinks they have a real job".
# 8. Lying Sometimes complete lies are told. Example: An author in Arizona writes a report which states that the reason that a local mayor decided not to use the police to enforce immigration law was because protests by a certain ethnic group scared him away from it. In actual fact, as stated by the mayor himself, the reason the police weren't used was because no training program had been set up between the police and the INS. Any person who was a member of said ethnic group would gain from a report like this because, if people begin to hear that "that group is really aggressive and authorities do what they say" then the power of that group is enhanced, and everyone reading the "news" will begin thinking they should always let that group have what it wants. The fact that our police need special permission to enforce some laws and not others is a topic for another discussion.
# 9. Telling the Truth, For a While To throw people off the track, biased news services will give good accurate reporting for a while, usually when it no longer matters, then they will stick it to you the next time your guard is down. The best way to recognize this technique is to simply remember who the biggest transgressors are. You must understand that if someone lies or tries to manipulate a story once, they will do so again. They will never be non-biased. They will, however, say something fair from time to time. This is due to the fact that if they were biased every time they spoke, they would soon run out of credibility. Do not trust them twice. Would you buy a car from someone who cheated you on a previous purchase just because they say something you want to hear later?
# 10. Not Talking at all about Something Of course the biggest recent example of this are the Moslem riots in France. The fact that the rioters were still burning more than one hundred cars EACH NIGHT was suppressed and avoided, rather we were fed the line that the riots were over. The media went days and days not reporting on the riots which were revealing the complete failure of French social, economic, and immigration policy. However, France, being a socialist country, is favored by the socialist media, so the country's failings were not reported. When you're aware of a major issue underway, but see no coverage on it, then you can be sure the media is against the ideas which discussing that topic would raise.
# 11. Subtle Inaccuracies/Dismissive Tone Misstating a topic, often a serious one, and pretending any objecting or concerned view is silly, unrealistic, or just not necessary. Illegal immigration is a major threat to the United States. With the rapid importation of distinct, and not particularly grateful, ethnic groups who have no interest in anything American, we create division, conflict, and risk. This is a risk that will grow to overwhelm our children. One writer used a childlike, grandmotherly tone to try to belittle and dismiss this serious topic. Her style was to write with pleasantries such as "oh, my you've grown, look at the happy big new population". This is an intentional disservice to the readers and an attempt to manipulate them into not recognizing the risk they and their children face of being supplanted in their own home once and for all by foreigners, who, by the way, won't care about you once they outnumber you. At best, this is a foolish policy. At worst, it is self destruction. In any case, it must be controlled responsibly if we are to remain masters of our own future. This author's method is just one way to use a dismissive tone to trick people into not recognizing the topic's seriousness. The next time you're reading an article which seems to speak childishly of a serious issue, you should be aware that in all probability the author doesn't fail to understand the seriousness of the issue, rather they may be trying to further an opposing agenda.
# 12. A One One Punch pretending to represent two sides, but one side gets a couple of great lines , the other side gets a lame line. Example: Tax cuts are all the rage these days, but two senators disagree on how appropriate tax cuts would be right now. Left Senator Jones says "The rich are the ones getting a cut. Who needs rich people with more money?". Right Senator Smith doesn't think that's correct. He thinks only certain individuals should benefit. "The smallest number of people who enjoy this are the people with the most money" repeated Left Senator Jones. "I think that money belongs to all the people, and the best way to give out money the government collects through friendly tax raises is for the government to do it! It's like all the people getting a raise!", said Left Senator Jones. Right Senator Smith didn't agree. He thought the money should reflect the people who had earned the most. When asked why Right Senator Smith felt this way he said "People have to earn a living". Left Senator Jones said "It is precisely this attempt by Senator Smith to keep people from earning a living that I and my party oppose!".
# 13. Volume This is related to Coordination, it is merely a deluge of the same story line everywhere, until it becomes dominant, and the media's view of it becomes the dominant view (Elian Gonzalez, Florida Recount, Poor Election Night Coverage) If you pick a topic with a strong liberal attraction, you will often find that all the "news" stories about a given current event seem to draw a similar conclusion about it. When you notice this, just ask yourself if it's probable that, in a nation of nearly 300 million, no one has a legitimate opposing opinion. For example, does everyone think Republicans want to poison themselves and all the rest of us? Does everyone want unlimited, uncontrolled, illegal immigration to displace their children? Does everyone love working from January till May for free to pay the government taxes? No, they don't.
# 14. Coordination This occurs when a number of like minded journalists all report the same angle at about the same time. This really doesn't require a conspiracy, there are so few "journalists", and they can easily see what their buddies' takes are on issues, then parrot the same line. A couple years ago we saw an article in a Southeast paper that actually addressed the damage being inflicted by uncontrolled immigration. We were shocked. Unfortunately, there followed soon after a long rose-colored story about the wonderful immigrants saving our economy (which was the magnet for their arrival in the first place) at no expense to us, written by the previously honest author, plus 5 other additional co-authors (read "thought police"). It did have a tiny list of "challenges", which was followed by an immediate rebuttal, and altogether comprised less than five percent of the article, which among journalists passes for equal time. Magically, a very similar article appeared at the same time in a nearby regional paper written by three other authors with almost the same structure, a list of wondrous immigrants and everything was perfect about them. Did the "Censoring 5" and "The Three Amigos" just happen to telepathically think the same thing, write it, and publish it at the same time? We'll let our readers decide the odds of Spontaneous Identical Publishing (S.I.P.) for themselves.
# 15. Fogging an Issue/Total Nonsense Sometimes certain groups have an interest in making sure that as few people pay attention to an issue as possible. A good propagandist can write a long, nonsensical article for the purpose of confusing the majority of readers, who themselves work hard all day. It doesn't take much for them to see a catchy headline, then begin to dig into a long rambling article, then throw their hands up and say "I don't have the extra energy to decipher this!". The reader is correct, the fault is with the propagandist. Example: The Real Reason Why We Need Tax Cuts! A lot of people want tax cuts these days. Here's the real reason they might not be such a good idea. The social ramifications are themselves reason enough! Given a perplexing view of the real inter-generational conflict in today's "live and let live" society, most people make the more responsible choice. This leads us to the logical question, with school budgets tight, can we afford to argue over social services? A close examination of IRS records plainly displays the fiduciary incentive for economic re-examination in a post-socialist sense. (this article will then ramble on like this for 3 or 4 pages)
# 16. 2,3,4 Technique Mentioning only one side of an issue 2, 3, or 4 times in an article, each time pretending you are about to present the opposing side, but you never do. Then the article suddenly ends and the reader feels bombarded, outnumbered and alone. In reality the opposing view is by definition held by many people, the author merely refused to present the side of the argument he or she disagrees with. Example: The decision to seal off an additional 4 million acres was a controversial one. Barbara Oaks of Centerville says "There are great advantages to sealing the area off". Many in town feel the same way, less traffic means less pollution, less damage to the area, and less noise. However, not everyone agrees with her. The most common complaints don't address the additional benefits of closing the forest, such as increased education opportunities for area children. Not many opportunities like this afford themselves year round, and keeping the area closed will guarantee the educational hikes around the perimeter can continue. Many longtime residents feel that closing all 4 million acres will be a burden. But don't tell that to Steve Longmont. "I hope they close even more" Steve told our interviewers. "There's no good reason for heavy travel through the whole forest, and I'd like to see the place prohibited". Several area polls show a large number of people in favor of closing the area. Keeping the forest closed is what is best for the town.
# 17. Preemptive Strike This is when the writer "attacks" the reader viciously at the very outset of the article with the "acceptable" view of the topic. The writer tries to "beat it into" the reader. Example: Just a couple days ago the possible presidential run of a politician who is very pro-enforcement of immigration law was featured in an article by an East Coast paper. The article began by saying the candidate doesn't expect to win because of this or that, and in fact doesn't think he'll win at all, he just wants people to talk about immigration. Nowhere in the article did the candidate say he didn't expect to win, or that he only wanted people to talk about immigration. In fact, the article pointed out that he had already visited Iowa 4 times in 6 months, not at all like someone who doesn't even want to win. At the end of the article were instructions on how to defeat this candidate. The opening attack on his seriousness as a candidate, and the closing advice on how to defeat him are classic examples of Preemptive Strike.
# 18. Framing the Debate Setting an argument around two "alternatives" which you would prefer, rather than the true alternatives. Example: The debate over how much funding to give to the project continued. Some are arguing for a reduced amount, while others want to see a much higher contribution level. The needs for both a lower budget and a higher budget have been laid out and defended in the debate brochure, which all members of the decision making body have been reading over for the last three days. (Note: the correct decision was to stop the project completely, it accomplishes nothing and the people running it are stealing the money, but you weren't offered the choice of stopping it.)
# 19. Token Equal Time Sometimes a weak, tiny understatement is added to a propaganda piece, apparently so the writer can pretend they had been fair. This technique is quite common, it consists of an article written with entirely one point of view, then at the end a meager statement from the opposing view is printed, it is immediately refuted, then the article either ends or continues on with the preferred point of view.
# 20. "Interpreting" A Statement Have you ever seen a writer say that someone said something, then what the person said followed, but it didn't look anything like what the writer claimed was meant? Example: The official said that they didn't hold anyone from the previous administration responsible for the loss. "I think we should just focus on the future" said the official. (note: he didn't say he didn't hold anyone from the previous administration responsible, he said we should focus on the future. See the difference?)
# 21. Withholding Information Is it the same as lying? Some in the media might not want to answer that question. Recently a candidate for mayor of Los Angeles was portrayed as a "jubilant son of an immigrant" in an article. What the article didn't mention was that he also once said "Prop 187 is the last gasp of white America in California", he belongs to, or once belonged to, a racist separatist organization which plans to takeover the American south west for Mexico to rule, and at a recent ceremony honoring early black leaders he called one of the early union members a n***** in front of 400 black leaders. 100 people walked out of the meeting room, though it was reported as 25% in order to diminish the effect. None of this was included in the article about the "jubilant son of an immigrant" More recently there is the example of multiple murders on private land in Wisconsin by a Hmong immigrant. In actual fact, of the six people murdered all but one were unarmed, one was a woman, shell casings were found all around the area, meaning the murderer chased his unarmed victims all around to try and kill them. The story as reported called all the victims "hunters" to conjure up the image of tough armed men in a fair fight, even though the victims weren't "hunting" at all but were warning the killer to stay off of their private land, hence he murdered them. The upsetting details only came out long after the story was initially reported. Are the authors of these articles lying to the public by not presenting all of the information about the stories, or are the authors so incompetent and clueless that they aren't even aware of these major points even though they are supposed to be writing about these important stories? The authors are either liars or morons.
# 22. Distracting or Absurd Metrics With this technique, the writer attempts to drag the reader into a debate about what the reader is even seeing. This is usually used when the propagandist is falling behind and must hurry to destroy correct understanding of events. Example: During the French riots many writers began arguing about the number of cars burned and whether the number still "indicated" riot levels. In other words, let's argue about what a riot is, and when you have enough destroyed cars, we'll talk. Meanwhile, you're discussing burnt cars and not the ongoing riots.
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A list of the most common, and successful, propaganda techniques currently in use. If you spend any time at all consuming mass media, you will find these techniques familiar.
# 1. Guilt By Association: This is used to damage someone's reputation by associating them with an unattractive person or organization. It doesn't matter if there is an actual association or not. Example: Kristen said that too many people were moving into the South without the input of Americans already living there. "This land is for my grandchildren, not world wide social experiments. She lives a couple states away from where David Duke has his national office, and some think many in the region feel the way she does.
# 2. Backstroke: Systematically belittling the goals of the subject of the article as the goals are being listed. For every step forward for the subject, the propagandist pulls the reader back. Example: This year the political party's stated goal is to give the rally a warm atmosphere. We walked into the cave-like coliseum as the preparations for the rally were taking place. "We're trying to create a family atmosphere" said one representative of the party as he squinted into the harsh lights. "There are the children's rides" he said happily pointing to where union workmen smashed open wooden crates with iron crowbars.
# 3. Misinformation: This is a subtle technique, it involves reporting information in such a way that the final message of the story is not true, it's what the propagandist wants you to believe. Example: Recently a well known conservative tried to run advertisements in university newspapers addressing slave reparations for black Americans. The writer listed several facts which he felt demonstrated why reparations are not necessary and not fair. One of these facts was the fact that black Americans in the United States today earn, on average, around 20 times more than blacks living in Africa, and therefore, according to the author, descendents of slaves are actually far better off today than the people who remained behind. A second author, writing about the advertisement, stated only that "the first author said that blacks were better off being slaves.", but didn't explain the facts the first author had shared. Imagine if you read the second author's report and weren't familiar with the first author's position. You would think the first author was a monster for saying that people were lucky to be slaves! But that's not what the first author said, he said their descendants have a lot more money now than the people still living in the original countries have. This is misinformation, you're given a half truth about someone's position, and it is presented in a misleading fashion.
# 4. Over Humanization: It is a perfectly valid technique to tell a story by focusing on the real people who the story impacts. However, this is also an easy technique for manipulation when a propagandist tries to mask an issue by making anyone who has a valid disagreement look evil due to all the human suffering talked about in the story. Example: Standing in the dusty desert was Juanita Lopez Camal Esquedo and her 15 hungry children. Half of the children were blind, the other half were crippled. As the smallest child, little Juanita, looked across the barbed wire fence into America, she begged her mommy for some food. Since everyone in Mexico had died of starvation, and food would never grow there again, there was nowhere else for them to go. And after all, this was the only family that wanted to come into America anyway. Just one more family. Over humanization can be used not only with illegal immigration, but also with any other potential tear-jerker topic.
# 5. Name Calling: This is officially the oldest trick in the book. It is cheap and easy. Often immigration reform activists are called anti-immigrant, people who are against state sponsored racism are called "racists" themselves. Name calling clouds and confuses issues, and when repeated by enough people on one side of an issue, creates a weight of its own, which isn't really there, but must now be explained before the victim "may" have an opinion regarding the issue in question. Example: By saying that the population is growing too quickly, many people assumed she was a racist.
# 6. He Said, She Said: This is a technique whereby the author can say something they know isn't true, or isn't fair, but they want to say it anyway. Example: Project USA is a group which claims to support reasonable levels of immigration. They've put up billboards with Department of Statistics information which states that the US population will double within 50 years. The billboards have pictures of children of different races with the words "The population of the US will double within this child's lifetime. Stop it congress". Some people say this is hate speech. Note: a statistic (the fact that the US population will double at current levels of immigration) cannot be hateful. This is just a numerical fact, like saying water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit. The author knows this is an unfair statement, but wants to say it anyway. That's why she says "some people say", rather than "I say".
# 7. Unproven "Facts" This is when a (usually immature) "writer" is frantically trying to "prove" a position and they begin to quote "studies", "reports", and "experts" as "proving" this or that, but they never mention the study's name, location, where copies can be found, or the conditions specific to the experiments. Example: Recent studies show that the media is right 99% of the time. Also, an expert from the University of Happiness was quoted as saying "People in the media work harder than anyone who thinks they have a real job".
# 8. Lying Sometimes complete lies are told. Example: An author in Arizona writes a report which states that the reason that a local mayor decided not to use the police to enforce immigration law was because protests by a certain ethnic group scared him away from it. In actual fact, as stated by the mayor himself, the reason the police weren't used was because no training program had been set up between the police and the INS. Any person who was a member of said ethnic group would gain from a report like this because, if people begin to hear that "that group is really aggressive and authorities do what they say" then the power of that group is enhanced, and everyone reading the "news" will begin thinking they should always let that group have what it wants. The fact that our police need special permission to enforce some laws and not others is a topic for another discussion.
# 9. Telling the Truth, For a While To throw people off the track, biased news services will give good accurate reporting for a while, usually when it no longer matters, then they will stick it to you the next time your guard is down. The best way to recognize this technique is to simply remember who the biggest transgressors are. You must understand that if someone lies or tries to manipulate a story once, they will do so again. They will never be non-biased. They will, however, say something fair from time to time. This is due to the fact that if they were biased every time they spoke, they would soon run out of credibility. Do not trust them twice. Would you buy a car from someone who cheated you on a previous purchase just because they say something you want to hear later?
# 10. Not Talking at all about Something Of course the biggest recent example of this are the Moslem riots in France. The fact that the rioters were still burning more than one hundred cars EACH NIGHT was suppressed and avoided, rather we were fed the line that the riots were over. The media went days and days not reporting on the riots which were revealing the complete failure of French social, economic, and immigration policy. However, France, being a socialist country, is favored by the socialist media, so the country's failings were not reported. When you're aware of a major issue underway, but see no coverage on it, then you can be sure the media is against the ideas which discussing that topic would raise.
# 11. Subtle Inaccuracies/Dismissive Tone Misstating a topic, often a serious one, and pretending any objecting or concerned view is silly, unrealistic, or just not necessary. Illegal immigration is a major threat to the United States. With the rapid importation of distinct, and not particularly grateful, ethnic groups who have no interest in anything American, we create division, conflict, and risk. This is a risk that will grow to overwhelm our children. One writer used a childlike, grandmotherly tone to try to belittle and dismiss this serious topic. Her style was to write with pleasantries such as "oh, my you've grown, look at the happy big new population". This is an intentional disservice to the readers and an attempt to manipulate them into not recognizing the risk they and their children face of being supplanted in their own home once and for all by foreigners, who, by the way, won't care about you once they outnumber you. At best, this is a foolish policy. At worst, it is self destruction. In any case, it must be controlled responsibly if we are to remain masters of our own future. This author's method is just one way to use a dismissive tone to trick people into not recognizing the topic's seriousness. The next time you're reading an article which seems to speak childishly of a serious issue, you should be aware that in all probability the author doesn't fail to understand the seriousness of the issue, rather they may be trying to further an opposing agenda.
# 12. A One One Punch pretending to represent two sides, but one side gets a couple of great lines , the other side gets a lame line. Example: Tax cuts are all the rage these days, but two senators disagree on how appropriate tax cuts would be right now. Left Senator Jones says "The rich are the ones getting a cut. Who needs rich people with more money?". Right Senator Smith doesn't think that's correct. He thinks only certain individuals should benefit. "The smallest number of people who enjoy this are the people with the most money" repeated Left Senator Jones. "I think that money belongs to all the people, and the best way to give out money the government collects through friendly tax raises is for the government to do it! It's like all the people getting a raise!", said Left Senator Jones. Right Senator Smith didn't agree. He thought the money should reflect the people who had earned the most. When asked why Right Senator Smith felt this way he said "People have to earn a living". Left Senator Jones said "It is precisely this attempt by Senator Smith to keep people from earning a living that I and my party oppose!".
# 13. Volume This is related to Coordination, it is merely a deluge of the same story line everywhere, until it becomes dominant, and the media's view of it becomes the dominant view (Elian Gonzalez, Florida Recount, Poor Election Night Coverage) If you pick a topic with a strong liberal attraction, you will often find that all the "news" stories about a given current event seem to draw a similar conclusion about it. When you notice this, just ask yourself if it's probable that, in a nation of nearly 300 million, no one has a legitimate opposing opinion. For example, does everyone think Republicans want to poison themselves and all the rest of us? Does everyone want unlimited, uncontrolled, illegal immigration to displace their children? Does everyone love working from January till May for free to pay the government taxes? No, they don't.
# 14. Coordination This occurs when a number of like minded journalists all report the same angle at about the same time. This really doesn't require a conspiracy, there are so few "journalists", and they can easily see what their buddies' takes are on issues, then parrot the same line. A couple years ago we saw an article in a Southeast paper that actually addressed the damage being inflicted by uncontrolled immigration. We were shocked. Unfortunately, there followed soon after a long rose-colored story about the wonderful immigrants saving our economy (which was the magnet for their arrival in the first place) at no expense to us, written by the previously honest author, plus 5 other additional co-authors (read "thought police"). It did have a tiny list of "challenges", which was followed by an immediate rebuttal, and altogether comprised less than five percent of the article, which among journalists passes for equal time. Magically, a very similar article appeared at the same time in a nearby regional paper written by three other authors with almost the same structure, a list of wondrous immigrants and everything was perfect about them. Did the "Censoring 5" and "The Three Amigos" just happen to telepathically think the same thing, write it, and publish it at the same time? We'll let our readers decide the odds of Spontaneous Identical Publishing (S.I.P.) for themselves.
# 15. Fogging an Issue/Total Nonsense Sometimes certain groups have an interest in making sure that as few people pay attention to an issue as possible. A good propagandist can write a long, nonsensical article for the purpose of confusing the majority of readers, who themselves work hard all day. It doesn't take much for them to see a catchy headline, then begin to dig into a long rambling article, then throw their hands up and say "I don't have the extra energy to decipher this!". The reader is correct, the fault is with the propagandist. Example: The Real Reason Why We Need Tax Cuts! A lot of people want tax cuts these days. Here's the real reason they might not be such a good idea. The social ramifications are themselves reason enough! Given a perplexing view of the real inter-generational conflict in today's "live and let live" society, most people make the more responsible choice. This leads us to the logical question, with school budgets tight, can we afford to argue over social services? A close examination of IRS records plainly displays the fiduciary incentive for economic re-examination in a post-socialist sense. (this article will then ramble on like this for 3 or 4 pages)
# 16. 2,3,4 Technique Mentioning only one side of an issue 2, 3, or 4 times in an article, each time pretending you are about to present the opposing side, but you never do. Then the article suddenly ends and the reader feels bombarded, outnumbered and alone. In reality the opposing view is by definition held by many people, the author merely refused to present the side of the argument he or she disagrees with. Example: The decision to seal off an additional 4 million acres was a controversial one. Barbara Oaks of Centerville says "There are great advantages to sealing the area off". Many in town feel the same way, less traffic means less pollution, less damage to the area, and less noise. However, not everyone agrees with her. The most common complaints don't address the additional benefits of closing the forest, such as increased education opportunities for area children. Not many opportunities like this afford themselves year round, and keeping the area closed will guarantee the educational hikes around the perimeter can continue. Many longtime residents feel that closing all 4 million acres will be a burden. But don't tell that to Steve Longmont. "I hope they close even more" Steve told our interviewers. "There's no good reason for heavy travel through the whole forest, and I'd like to see the place prohibited". Several area polls show a large number of people in favor of closing the area. Keeping the forest closed is what is best for the town.
# 17. Preemptive Strike This is when the writer "attacks" the reader viciously at the very outset of the article with the "acceptable" view of the topic. The writer tries to "beat it into" the reader. Example: Just a couple days ago the possible presidential run of a politician who is very pro-enforcement of immigration law was featured in an article by an East Coast paper. The article began by saying the candidate doesn't expect to win because of this or that, and in fact doesn't think he'll win at all, he just wants people to talk about immigration. Nowhere in the article did the candidate say he didn't expect to win, or that he only wanted people to talk about immigration. In fact, the article pointed out that he had already visited Iowa 4 times in 6 months, not at all like someone who doesn't even want to win. At the end of the article were instructions on how to defeat this candidate. The opening attack on his seriousness as a candidate, and the closing advice on how to defeat him are classic examples of Preemptive Strike.
# 18. Framing the Debate Setting an argument around two "alternatives" which you would prefer, rather than the true alternatives. Example: The debate over how much funding to give to the project continued. Some are arguing for a reduced amount, while others want to see a much higher contribution level. The needs for both a lower budget and a higher budget have been laid out and defended in the debate brochure, which all members of the decision making body have been reading over for the last three days. (Note: the correct decision was to stop the project completely, it accomplishes nothing and the people running it are stealing the money, but you weren't offered the choice of stopping it.)
# 19. Token Equal Time Sometimes a weak, tiny understatement is added to a propaganda piece, apparently so the writer can pretend they had been fair. This technique is quite common, it consists of an article written with entirely one point of view, then at the end a meager statement from the opposing view is printed, it is immediately refuted, then the article either ends or continues on with the preferred point of view.
# 20. "Interpreting" A Statement Have you ever seen a writer say that someone said something, then what the person said followed, but it didn't look anything like what the writer claimed was meant? Example: The official said that they didn't hold anyone from the previous administration responsible for the loss. "I think we should just focus on the future" said the official. (note: he didn't say he didn't hold anyone from the previous administration responsible, he said we should focus on the future. See the difference?)
# 21. Withholding Information Is it the same as lying? Some in the media might not want to answer that question. Recently a candidate for mayor of Los Angeles was portrayed as a "jubilant son of an immigrant" in an article. What the article didn't mention was that he also once said "Prop 187 is the last gasp of white America in California", he belongs to, or once belonged to, a racist separatist organization which plans to takeover the American south west for Mexico to rule, and at a recent ceremony honoring early black leaders he called one of the early union members a n***** in front of 400 black leaders. 100 people walked out of the meeting room, though it was reported as 25% in order to diminish the effect. None of this was included in the article about the "jubilant son of an immigrant" More recently there is the example of multiple murders on private land in Wisconsin by a Hmong immigrant. In actual fact, of the six people murdered all but one were unarmed, one was a woman, shell casings were found all around the area, meaning the murderer chased his unarmed victims all around to try and kill them. The story as reported called all the victims "hunters" to conjure up the image of tough armed men in a fair fight, even though the victims weren't "hunting" at all but were warning the killer to stay off of their private land, hence he murdered them. The upsetting details only came out long after the story was initially reported. Are the authors of these articles lying to the public by not presenting all of the information about the stories, or are the authors so incompetent and clueless that they aren't even aware of these major points even though they are supposed to be writing about these important stories? The authors are either liars or morons.
# 22. Distracting or Absurd Metrics With this technique, the writer attempts to drag the reader into a debate about what the reader is even seeing. This is usually used when the propagandist is falling behind and must hurry to destroy correct understanding of events. Example: During the French riots many writers began arguing about the number of cars burned and whether the number still "indicated" riot levels. In other words, let's argue about what a riot is, and when you have enough destroyed cars, we'll talk. Meanwhile, you're discussing burnt cars and not the ongoing riots.
this is 100% the work of John Jorsett of http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1530401/posts
I post this stratgey paper of propaganda on, Haiti story cause it was beauitfully writing , and plus it brought home the message.
*please leave me a comment on what you think?***
remember the mission of Haiti Story is to rise Ayitian conscious.
Why Haiti Story?
I am a strong believer in the victim must be allow to talk. For far too many years, we have kept our silence in the face of per Hate, Loath for the Ayitian/Haitian Nation. Where did this hatred for the Ayitian/Haitian nation come from in the west, some say it's "our Revolution" that made "us" a target of white supremacy hate. This is a very good question, I will try to do everything in my power to answer that question in 2011 with well research facts! I am all for Ayitian conscious; which is the mission of Haiti Story is to rise Ayitian Conscious. I will always pose at least one question, at the end all of all my post, that way we can exchange ideas. I am a big believer in discourse; which I think is very healthy for us to move from one subject to the next. Haiti story does not only want to be Just a blog page, Haiti Story plan to start an Internet radio show, Keep watching achcunam channel on YouTube . Haiti story want to showcase, Ayiti civil right leaders; grassroots organization, Ayiti peoples; youth voice. Here at Haiti Story, Ayiti politic is is big business. Help me spread the word of Haiti story.
Founder of Haiti Story Manuchca Francois.
Founder of Haiti Story Manuchca Francois.I can be found on Facebook, at achucnam channel on Youtube.
Why Haiti story has to be told by Ayitian/Haitian?
Well, some how, when Ayitian started to inter act with Westerners, they couldn't pronounce "Ayiti " name correctly , so they started to pronounce it Haiti, rather than "Ayiti" which is the proper name for the country. Giving to it by it's founders. So, my question is, If Westerners can't get Ayiti name right, than how much of their news is "correct" about Ayiti a.k.a Haiti in the Western world?
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Haiti Story,hun....?
Most peoples are clueless to Haiti story, due to the way the western media project Haiti to them.
Unforunately, many people are unware of Haiti's beautiful history, economic system, social class.
Inclosing, what do you think, could be done to bring awareness of Haiti's story?
Unforunately, many people are unware of Haiti's beautiful history, economic system, social class.
Inclosing, what do you think, could be done to bring awareness of Haiti's story?
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