more on Manipulating common people to support wars

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Armando Stettner <aps () ieee org>
Date: September 8, 2006 2:36:40 PM PDT
To: dave () farber net
Cc: Shannon () ShannonMcElyea com
Subject: Re: [IP] Manipulating common people to support wars

Update for IP'ers if you wish.

  armando


ABC Will Only Make Minor Changes to Path to 9-11
Despite vigorous protests from onetime officials of Bill Clinton’s
administration--including the former president himself --ABC says it
will make only minor cosmetic changes to its controversial 9-11
 series.  Clinton warned the network, in a letter penned by the head
of his foundation to Disney President/CEO Bob Iger, that ABC should
pull the broadcast unless it corrected various alleged inaccuracies.

http://email.BroadcastingCable.com/cgi-bin2/DM/y/esDB0MYxLp0Olt0CxCZ0EL



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> From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
> Date: September 8, 2006 8:37:06 AM PDT
> To: ip () v2 listbox com
> Subject: [IP] Manipulating common people to support wars
> Reply-To: dave () farber net
>
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Shannon McElyea <shannonm () gmail com>
> Date: September 8, 2006 11:33:24 AM EDT
> To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: Manipulating common people to support wars
> Reply-To: Shannon () ShannonMcElyea com
>
>
> Dear Dave,
>
> ABC is going to air a 9/11 docudrama miniseries - two days Sept.  
> 10/11th
> called "Path to 9/11," which is being billed as "an objective  
> telling of the
> events of 9/11."
>
> .  The film - written by an avowed conservative activist - was  
> provided in
> advance to approximately 900 right-wing bloggers and media  
> personalities
> such as Rush Limbaugh. However, former President Bill Clinton and  
> two of his
> cabinet officials were denied when they requested preview copies of  
> the
> film. Former Secretary of State Madeline Albright has called the  
> film -
> which includes several scenes with no basis in reality -- "false and
> defamatory."
> .  In response to mounting pressure, the film's producers are  
> making some
> small changes...but according to conservative blogger Hugh Hewitt,  
> "blame on
> the Clinton team is in the DNA of the project and could not be  
> eradicated."
> .  ABC has teamed up with Scholastic Inc., a company that sells  
> textbooks,
> to send letters to 100,000 teachers across the country offering  
> free copies
> of the film and "study guides," despite the fact that the film is a
> "docu-drama" in which important facts and events have simply been  
> invented
> out of thin air.
>
> This reminds me of how to manipulate people to support war:
>
> http://www.snopes.com/quotes/goering.htm
>
> "Of course the people don't want war. But after all, it's the  
> leaders of the
> country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter  
> to drag
> the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship,  
> or a
> parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the  
> people can
> always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All  
> you have
> to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the  
> pacifists for
> lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger."
>
> -- Herman Goering at the Nuremberg trials/proceedings
>
> Goering's comments were made privately to Gustave Gilbert, a German- 
> speaking
> intelligence officer and psychologist who was granted free access  
> by the
> Allies to all the prisoners held in the Nuremberg jail.
> Gilbert recorded Goering's observations that the common people can  
> always be
> manipulated into supporting and fighting wars by their political  
> leaders:
>
> Gilbert:    We got around to the subject of war again and I said that,
> contrary to his attitude, I did not think that the common people  
> are very
> thankful for leaders who bring them war and destruction.
>
> Goering:    "Why, of course, the people don't want war," Goering  
> shrugged.
> "Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war  
> when the
> best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one  
> piece.
> Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in
> England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is  
> understood.
> But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the  
> policy
> and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether  
> it is a
> democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist
> dictatorship."
>
> Gilbert:    "There is one difference," I pointed out. "In a  
> democracy the
> people have some say in the matter through their elected  
> representatives,
> and in the United States only Congress can declare wars."
>
> Goering:    "Oh, that is all well and good, but, voice or no voice,  
> the
> people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is  
> easy.
> All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and  
> denounce the
> pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to  
> danger. It
> works the same way in any country."
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ActForChange [mailto:actforchange () act actforchange com]
> Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 6:05 AM
>  Subject: ABC Distorts 9/11; Important New Developments
>
> ACTFORCHANGE ACTIVISM UPDATE:  September 8th, 2006
>
> ** URGENT ALERT **
>
> ABC's 9/11 Distortions Get Even Worse
> http://act.actforchange.com/cgi-bin7/DM/y/eplK0JYXzg0A0BMku0EY
>
>
> On September 10th and 11th, ABC is planning to air a "docu-drama"
> called "Path to 9/11," which is being billed as "an objective telling
> of the events of 9/11." In fact, the film was written by an unabashed
> conservative who twists the facts to blame President Clinton.
>
> And since we wrote you on Wednesday, new details have emerged that
> show EVEN MORE distortions and intentional conservative slant to the
> program.
>
> Tell ABC to cancel this show -- and Scholastic, Inc. not to distribute
> it in our nation's schools. Click here:
> http://act.actforchange.com/cgi-bin7/DM/y/eplK0JYXzg0A0BMku0EY
>
> Among the latest developments:
>
>  - Approximately 900 copies went out to conservative bloggers and
> media personalities such as Rush Limbaugh -- but the producers
> flat-out refused to send a copy to former President Bill Clinton for
>  review.
>  - The show's producers have reassured conservatives that "blame on
> the Clinton team is [still] in the DNA of the project."
>  - ABC has teamed up with Scholastic, Inc -- a textbook publisher --
> to offer this propaganda with an accompanying "study guide" to 100,000
> teachers across America.
>
> It's simply STUNNING to think that as this fall's election approaches,
> a major television network (which pretends to be politically neutral)
> would devote six hours of prime-time programming to air such a slanted
> and wildly inaccurate program. It's unacceptable -- and we all need to
> take action to prevent it from happening.
>
> Tell ABC and Scholastic to cancel the broadcast airing of this show,
> as well as its distribution to schools and teachers.  Click here:
> http://act.actforchange.com/cgi-bin7/DM/y/eplK0JYXzg0A0BMku0EY
>
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