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US Government pays PR firm to create propaganda

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  • rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    Article seems to be member only
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  • rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    Wasn't the propaganda then used to track consumers of radical materials in efforts to weed out the radicals? I haven't looked into this deeply yet.
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  • FreeFree Posts: 3,562
    Not surprised.
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,538
    Who cares I don't , like I said I'm enjoying my 1 week vacation out of the 5 I get for the yr , I don't care if the country goes down the drain !
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  • FreeFree Posts: 3,562
    josevolution said:

    Who cares I don't , like I said I'm enjoying my 1 week vacation out of the 5 I get for the yr , I don't care if the country goes down the drain !

    If you're on vacation, why are you here?? Enjoy it.
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,538
    I am enjoying it immensely , I'm here just to sit by pool and take in the sights ..so why not be on here reading & posting
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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Posts: 49,951
    edited October 2016
    rgambs said:

    Wasn't the propaganda then used to track consumers of radical materials in efforts to weed out the radicals? I haven't looked into this deeply yet.

    Yes. It's actually kind of a clever idea.... well, not anymore I guess, now that everyone knows it's being done. What am I missing? Why have I now seen this posted as though we're supposed to be bothered by it, and as though it's scandalous? I guess I can see how this might lead to innocent people being investigated in the name of stopping terrorist groups... but I have yet to actually see anyone claim that reason as to why they think this is wrong....

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  • ledveddermanledvedderman Posts: 7,761
    Wasteful, bloated contracts handed out in the early stages of the Iraq War? I'm shocked.
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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Posts: 49,951
    edited October 2016
    Well how well did it work? I haven't actually seen anything stating that it didn't bring results, or anything saying that it did. Maybe it was wasteful, maybe it wasn't (or maybe I can't see the whole article posted, although I did read another article about this a couple days ago).
    I dunno, are people really supposed to be mad that the US military tried some covert intelligence gathering operation that cost a lot? Isn't this just SOP for the US military? I'm sure if anyone bothered they'd find much more wasteful shit like this to get their panties in a twist about. $0.5 billion in a $600 billion budget isn't exactly something to write home about. I was under the impression that people are having a knee jerk reaction to the simple "the US paid to have jihadist propaganda made" without even really understand the context of it. That, or people don't quite realize how the US military spends money like it's going out of style.
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  • pjalive21pjalive21 Posts: 2,818
    propaganda has been used for years to twist the way people looked at wars and factions...Nazi's were one of the best
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