Conflicts of Interest: The Pentagon Used Movies, Media, & the NFL to Sell War

On COI #162, Scott Spaulding – an Iraq and Afghan combat vet who hosts the ‘Why I’m Antiwar’ podcast – returns to the show to discuss the villains of the Afghan War. Scott explains how American culture was infected with bloodlust by the Pentagon’s post-9/11 PR campaign, while the State Department partnered with Hollywood, the NFL and marketing firms to ensure uncritical support for the War on Terror. The propaganda continues to be very successful in enriching the elites while shielding them from all accountability.

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One thought on “Conflicts of Interest: The Pentagon Used Movies, Media, & the NFL to Sell War”

  1. Right on target article!

    MARCH 16, 2016 The History of Hollywood: Propaganda for White Supremacy at Home and US Militarism Abroad

    Ever since the Lumiere brothers first developed film in 1896, it has been an astoundingly effective racial propaganda tool. As the first universal mass medium it efficiently utilized high drama through the fixation of emotional sequences. Put simply, effective propaganda starts precisely where critical thinking ends.

    http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/03/16/the-history-of-hollywood-propaganda-for-white-supremacy-at-home-and-us-militarism-abroad/

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