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According to WikiPedia.com — Propaganda is a type of message aimed at influencing the opinions or behavior of people. Often, instead of impartially providing information, propaganda can be deliberately misleading, or use fallacies, which, while sometimes convincing, are not necessarily valid. Propaganda techniques include: patriotic flag-waving, glittering generalities, intentional vagueness, over simplification of complex issues, rationalization, introducing unrelated red herring issues, using appealing, simple slogans, stereotyping, testimonials from authority figures or celebrities, unstated assumptions, and encouraging readers or viewers to “jump on the bandwagon” of a particular ideology. |
Lou Dobbs, together with other right-wing pundits buoyed by demagogic politicians like Congressman Tom Tancredo of Colorado and Duncan Hunter of California, are playing a major role in fomenting anti-immigrant hysteria in the United States — stroking the fires of racist extremism and fueling a dramatic growth in hate groups.
The following article examines in-depth, why Lou Dobbs is a tactical propagandist worse than Dr. Joseph Goebbels — The Nazi Minister of ‘Propaganda and Enlightenment.’ Click here to read it
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