VC English 1A
***Writing Process Homework***
SMC Online Databases
| Fallacy & Propaganda links |
FM 33-1 Wikipedia Propaganda Methods ***Sourcewatch*** second best the Propaganda Game (a fairly exhaustive list with good examples) Nizkor Mission Critical (scroll down to fallacies section. This one has some interactive exercises) Fallacies Exercise Homework |
Iraq War Fact Checking
Bush & other speeches ***Hubris Documentary*** ***Hubris transcript*** ***Iraq Fact Check handout*** 9/11 Commission ReportChilcot Iraq InquiryThe Rock movie plot 'may have inspired MI6 source's Iraqi weapons claim'Iraqis Protest to Demand Elections after Invasion
There are but two powers in the world, the sword and the mind. In the long run the sword is always beaten by the mind.
Napoleon Bonaparte
"Through clever and constant application of propaganda people can be made to see paradise as hell, and also the other way around, to consider the most wretched sort of life as paradise."
Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf, part I chapter X
In view of the primitive simplicity of their minds they more easily fall a victim to a big lie than to a little one, since they themselves lie in little things, but would be ashamed of lies that were too big.
Such a falsehood will never enter their heads and they will not be able to believe in the possibility of such monstrous effrontery and infamous misrepresentation in others; yes, even when enlightened on the subject, they will long doubt and waver, and continue to accept at least one of these causes as true.
Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf, part I chapter X
I shall give a propagandist cause for starting the war never mind whether it be plausible or not. The victor shall not be asked later on whether we told the truth or not.
Adolf Hitler, speech to inner circle, Aug. 22, 1939
Hitler's "War Propaganda" Herman Goering on selling war Hitler's speech on victory in Poland FDR's Pearl Harbor speech
Wagging the Dog links
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Roger Ebert (movie reviews to refresh your memory) |
List of Poll Links PollingReport.com (pretty exhaustive comparison of polls on many issues) |
Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but not their own facts.
Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan
We can have an honest disagreement, but when we can't even agree on the facts, someone is lying.
Michael J. Dixon
Facts are stubborn things and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.
John Adams, Arguments in Defense of the Soldiersin the Boston Massacre Trials, December 1770 Research Starting Points Ventura College CQ Researcher & Proquest CQ how to Wikipedia ***Congressional Research Service *** better than average news The Guardian (respected British paper) BBC (a source the rest of the world trusts) Al Jazeera (like the BBC, but closer to the action) Democracy Now! 90.7 FM 6-7 am, 9-10 am, M-F The best hour of news everyday it's on Frontline (documentary series on PBS, lots of foreign policy, corporate issues, etc.) History News Network should more accurately be called history AND news. Historians and experts post articles on both. Pick a President Project Vote Smart (a good starting point for comparing candidates records) Thomas Legislative Info (government source of links) New York Times Congressional Guide Michael Moore Fahrenheit 9/11 Notes + Sources Michael Moore Homepage (has press and critics) Spinsanity analysis Election 2000 2004 vote suppression in Florida BBC Florida 2004 BBC TV News story on purge of black voters Diebold Memos Disclose Florida 2000 E-Voting Fraud (see link to CBS News internal review of election coverage) US Commission on Civil Rights Reports on 2000 Election (discusses black voter purge, as seen in the video in class) Examples of Black Voters Turned away from Polls Flaws in 2004 felon list Civil Rights Commission Urges Criminal Investigation in Florida Electronic Voting GAO study on electronic voting Brief summary of GAO findings Newsweek on Electronic Voting Black Box Voting.org (the starting point. Bev Harris is the investigator who first broke this and has done the best research) University of Iowa Computer Science Department analysis of Diebold flaws Diebold head says he will do anything to get Bush re-elected Vietnam Vet ahead in polls loses by 13% on Diebold This is long, so here's a crucial excerpt: In Georgia, Republican Saxby Chambliss repeatedly questioned the patriotism of Democratic incumbent and triple amputee war hero Max Cleland during his campaign. Chambliss made the absurd claim that he was more patriotic than Cleland even though he had avoided service in the Vietnam war with a "medical deferment". A Poll taken by the Atlanta Journal Constitution published on November 1st, just five days before the election, showed support for Georgia Democratic Senator Max Cleland at 49%, clearly 5% ahead of Republican Saxby Chambliss at 44%. Many People in Georgia, particularly veterans, had been angered by the crude remarks made by Chambliss and they turned out in record numbers to vote for Cleland. When the 'Diebold' Electronic Voting tally was made public it stunned and confused the Georgia voters. Saxby Chambliss had won with 53% of the vote compared to Max Cleland's 46%. It represented a 13% pro-Republican swing that seemed to materialize out of cyberspace. The victories of Chambliss and Hagel, along with the tragic October 25, 2002 plane crash that killed Democratic Senator Paul Wellstone, virtually guaranteed Republican control of the Senate. (with links) how the vote count can be manipulated Media Censorship/Consolidation/Bias Project Censored Press freedom index Censored SNL Toon on Media Consolidation Disinfopedia an encyclopedia of propaganda, PR, and political BS "viral marketing" is worth a paper by itself Urban Legends Reference Pages PR firms have figured out how urban legends spread and use the same mechanism, so there's a lot of overlap PR Watch watching those who fake the news PR Watch on Kuwaiti Incubator story a good example of how PR fakes the news Council of Public Relations Firms (these are the guys who actually do it) Fox News Producer on Bias Lie or Cut Story Critical of Advertiser Columbia Journalism Review checks bias and accuracy MediaMatters.org fact checks and analyzes primarily right wing sources FAIR Fairness and Accurary in Reporting A great overall resource for media issues. Takes on left and right. Spinsanity.org fact checks and analysis FactCheck.org emphasis on political ads at the moment Media Channel covers all the issues Free Press Media Reform activist website, but covers all the issues The Center for Public Integrity primarily on government corruption, but a lot of stuff on media (you have to buy the politicians to consolidate) Institute for Public Accuracy in depth research on stories in the news Outfoxed devastating analysis of the fair and balanced network ***Outfoxed trailer*** funny and offensive especially why there aren't more black cops Primary Documents on Foreign Policy ***good for all topics except maybe energy*** Frontline Iraqi Threat
"Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion ... and you allow him to make war at pleasure. If today he should choose to say he thinks it necessary to invade Canada to prevent the British from invading us, how could you stop him? You may say to him, 'I see no probability of the British invading us,' but he will say to you, 'Be silent: I see it if you don't.'"
Congressman Abraham Lincoln, 1848
Retired Pentagon Analyst Returned to Work After 9/11 Now Critical of use of Iraq intel British Cabinet Member Says Threat Faked Blair Knew Iraq not a Threat says his Foreign Minister Diplomats & Military Commanders for Change non-partisan career diplomats and Pentagon officials critical of Bush foreign policy and intelligence abuses in an unprecedented public letter Wilson on fake uranium letter CIA director's letter to Senate before Iraq War Pentagon Intel said no WMD Fall before war Intelligence Insiders Speak out on Iraq Interview with Producer of UNCOVERED a documentary comparing Bush claims about Iraq with what Intelligence told him Cooperative Research Iraq Bibliograghy (some links, but an excellent outline of issues and sources you can find yourself on proquest) Rumsfeld, Saddam and WMD Rumsfeld's handshake with Saddam and primary documents on why he was there Pew Polls of Iraq and world Gallup poll of Iraqis Spring 2004 Coalition Provisional Authority Poll of Iraqis What do we have for comparison? US Nukes Nuke Delivery systems 9/11: what did we know? TV show on WTC attack BEFORE 9/11 Retroactively classified testimony Four 9/11 Moms Battle Bush 9/11 Families Questions 9/11 Commission ***9/11 Commission Report*** Saudi Money to Al Qaeda Pakistani Money & Intelligence Contact with 9/11 Hijackers The Man Who Knew (An FBI agent who hunted alQaeda, was blocked by superiors, quit in frustration, and went to work at the WTC, where he was killed on 9/11) Congressional 9/11 Report Congressional 9/11 Report (html format, easier to access, but not directly from the government) Cooperative Research 9/11 Bibliograghy (some links, but an excellent outline of issues and sources you can find yourself on proquest) Causes of Terrorism BBC 911 Causes overview BBC 911 Details Frontline: Interview with Osama bin Laden Library of Congress Country Studies Hunting for Bin Laden Islam: Empire of Faith (PBS) Yes, This Is About Islam Al Jazeera (like CNN in the Arab world) Arab News 9/11 (their analysis, POV) Business & Intervention
"There is only one thing in this world, and that is to keep acquiring money and more money, power and more power. All the rest is meaningless."
Napoleon Bonaparte
MARKETS; Oil Economics Lubricates Push for War Dollar vs. Euro showdown in Middle East Intervention & democracy/nation building, etc.
“There is such a thirst for gain [among military suppliers]…that it is enough to make one curse their own Species, for possessing so little virtue and patriotism.”
War Is a Racket
President George Washington, 1778
“I don’t want to see a single war millionaire created in the United States as a result of this world disaster.”
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, during World War II
by Major General Smedley Butler two time Medal of Honor winner He tells the real cause of every military campaign he fought in President Eisenhower's Farewell Address:
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.
(see section IV)
Confessions of an Economic Hitman
One of the players explains why Third World countries have crushing debt and who benefits ***US Military Interventions*** Great list that gives causes, propaganda, and inciting incident for wars. Somewhat biased, but mostly accurate Speeches and Eyewitnesses to Intervention ***Mark Twain on Philippines is great, and Lodge on need for expansion is very relevant Recent Actions re. Turkey New York Times Special Report: The CIA in Iran Pentagon Papers (on Vietnam) Corpwatch corporate watchdog Corpwatch Links Great direct links to corporate webpages coverage of research subtopics like globalization, WTO, war profiteers Israel ***Frontline: Battle for the Holy Land*** ***How Will Israel Survive?*** Major article in Newsweek, looks at background and future additional links |
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