I told myself that I wasn’t going to listen to these “think tanks” for a while. I guess I wasn’t ready, as the following angered me. This is just normal thinking inside “The Blob,” though.
Read More »Demonizing the enemy, demonization of the enemy or dehumanization of the enemy is a propaganda technique which promotes an idea about the enemy being a threatening, evil aggressor with only destructive objectives.
In late 2020 I put in a FOIA request with the Pentagon for records on their support to Operation Christmas Drop – a ‘romantic’ Christmas movie starring the US military. Three years on and they’ve finally released the contract they signed with the film-makers, which reveals how the office updated its approach post-Phil Strub.
Tag Us: The US Military Updates Its Contracts With Hollywood
I think that Tom has a problem with short people and cat ladies! /s
Abolish the Military-Entertainment Complex
How many of the dead Americans joined the military because of some movie that they saw not knowing that the military was the ones that were behind the scenes manipulating the content of the script to make the military look better than it really was? Once they got to Iraq it was too late — it wasn’t so glamorous over there.
Related:
Files on “Top Gun: Maverick” detail the influence the Pentagon had over the sequel to Top Gun, how that affected the storyline and character arcs, and which “key talking points” became part of the script.
How Pentagon Turned ‘Top Gun’ Sequel Into Recruitment And PR Vehicle
Related:
Op-Ed: Why does the Pentagon give a helping hand to films like ‘Top Gun’?
Documents on Top Gun: Maverick
Top Gun for hire: why Hollywood is the US military’s best wingman
Talk about grooming children (re: Transformers and Marvel)! 🙄
How Is US Pop Culture Used Against Venezuela?
More information:
CIA helped shape ‘Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan’ series into bigoted Venezuela regime change fantasy
Jack Ryan, the CIA and Venezuela
How the Pentagon and CIA push Venezuela regime-change propaganda in video games
Call of Duty: gaming’s role in the military-entertainment complex
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