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brainshrub Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-13-03 09:16 PM
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Examples of Bush Propaganda. Help!
Does anyone have links that illustrate when Bush uses government agencies to create propaganda.
Example: Landing on the aircraft carrier.

But I need links!
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FlashHarry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-13-03 09:17 PM
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1. Uh, is Fox News a government agency?
It might as well be...
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-13-03 09:19 PM
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2. His "economic" speech in St. Louis
Edited on Mon Oct-13-03 09:20 PM by flamingyouth
Where his aides taped over "Made in China" stamped on the boxes.

Was that the same speech where he touted the Architectural Fancy Machine? I think so. :-)

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/madeinusa_030122.html

Edited to add link
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arcane1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-13-03 09:23 PM
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3. there's this:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/05/16/nyt.bumiller/

Keepers of Bush image lift stagecraft to new heights
By Elisabeth Bumiller
New York Times
Friday, May 16, 2003 Posted: 7:08 AM EDT (1108 GMT)


WASHINGTON -- George W. Bush's "Top Gun" landing on the deck of the carrier Abraham Lincoln will be remembered as one of the most audacious moments of presidential theater in American history. But it was only the latest example of how the Bush administration, going far beyond the foundations in stagecraft set by the Reagan White House, is using the powers of television and technology to promote a presidency like never before.

Officials of past Democratic and Republican administrations marvel at how the White House does not seem to miss an opportunity to showcase Mr. Bush in dramatic and perfectly lighted settings. It is all by design: the White House has stocked its communications operation with people from network television who have expertise in lighting, camera angles and the importance of backdrops.

On Tuesday, at a speech promoting his economic plan in Indianapolis, White House aides went so far as to ask people in the crowd behind Mr. Bush to take off their ties, WISH-TV in Indianapolis reported, so they would look more like the ordinary folk the president said would benefit from his tax cut.

"They understand the visual as well as anybody ever has," said Michael K. Deaver, Ronald Reagan's chief image maker. "They watched what we did, they watched the mistakes of Bush I, they watched how Clinton kind of stumbled into it, and they've taken it to an art form."

-snip-

The most elaborate — and criticized — White House event so far was Mr. Bush's speech aboard the Abraham Lincoln announcing the end of major combat in Iraq. White House officials say that a variety of people, including the president, came up with the idea, and that Mr. Sforza embedded himself on the carrier to make preparations days before Mr. Bush's landing in a flight suit and his early evening speech.

Media strategists noted afterward that Mr. Sforza and his aides had choreographed every aspect of the event, even down to the members of the Lincoln crew arrayed in coordinated shirt colors over Mr. Bush's right shoulder and the "Mission Accomplished" banner placed to perfectly capture the president and the celebratory two words in a single shot. The speech was specifically timed for what image makers call "magic hour light," which cast a golden glow on Mr. Bush.

"If you looked at the TV picture, you saw there was flattering light on his left cheek and slight shadowing on his right," Mr. King said. "It looked great."



and much more
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Sick of Bullshit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-13-03 09:24 PM
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4. Well, Bu$$$h said that everyone should feel good about the Iraq War
and then one of his colonels wrote a form letter to that effect and had soldiers sign it, whether they knew it or not.
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brainshrub Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-13-03 09:27 PM
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5. Yes, that's what inspired this topic
Yes. That's what is inspiring this topic. I would like other examples.
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Cat Atomic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-13-03 09:30 PM
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6. How about the recent address he gave?
I could look it up- it was the big one a few weeks aback. Anyway, if you look at him, they lit the wall behind his head with a sort of gold light. Looked like he had a halo. I thought that was pretty sick.
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brainshrub Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-13-03 09:40 PM
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7. I saw that to
I saw that to.. But I'm looking for things like when he had the EPA lie about the air quality to make New Yorkers go back to work.
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ameriphile Donating Member (214 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-13-03 10:06 PM
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10. Here's a link to a WP story about the 9/11 air quality lie
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hedda_foil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-13-03 09:53 PM
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8. They did the halo thing again today.
There's a different shot (profile) in GD. This one is my favorite, though. AntiChrist anyone?

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brainshrub Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-13-03 10:01 PM
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9. Where did you get that picture?
Do you have the link?
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skypilot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 02:56 PM
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11. Examples of Bush propaganda???
Haven't you ever seen his lips moving?
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