Rampton,S. Stauber,J. Weapons of Mass Deception. 2003
Rampton, Sheldon and Stauber, John. Weapons of Mass Deception: The Uses
of Propaganda in Bush's War on Iraq. New York: Tarcher/Penguin, 2003.
248 pages.
Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber work for the nonprofit Center for
Media and Democracy in Madison, Wisconsin. This and two previous books by
them focus on the public relations aspects of American media. The invasion
of Iraq in 2003 was planned by PR specialists, as much as by military
strategists at the Pentagon. In fact, a select group of neocons, lobbyists,
and ideologues, from the think tanks and the first Bush administration, had
been working the spin for years.
The invasion was a media event. The Pentagon's "Combat Camera" crew
manufactured the Jessica Lynch rescue, while real journalists were carefully
"embedded" with American and British troops, and told to clear out of areas
where they might have an opportunity to report on the human cost of the
invasion. Our major American media only wanted some video of troops on the
move -- "soft" images were just fine, and even preferable to coverage that
would have been more realistic, but also more controversial. The media
became a parody of itself. This abdication of media responsibility is
reminiscent of the Tonkin Gulf days of 1964, and may yet turn Iraq into a
quagmire of equal proportions. As was the case in Vietnam, perhaps some
better coverage will emerge a few years from now, too little and too late.
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