Media Propaganda

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This paper looks at examples taken from "USA Today" and the "Washington Post" which related to the recent Gulf War and the reasons for President Bush "had to" launch the war against Iraq. The paper argues that the media is an incredibly powerful force which has the ability to manipulate the minds and hearts of the American people.

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"Noam Chomsky writes that, "propaganda is to a democracy what violence is to a dictatorship." Indeed, nowhere is this more clear than in recent debates over the impending war with Iraq. On one side of the fence, the conservative Right argues that war is essential and that Iraq is in league with Al Qaeda. They argue that Saddam Hussein is developing weapons of mass destruction which he would like to unleash on the free world. On the other side of the fence, the liberal Left argues that such a preemptive war is "unjust,' and that there is no definitive proof that Hussein was ever in league with Osama Bin Laden or that he has developed weapons of mass destruction. They worry that a unilateral strike on Iraq sets a disturbing precedent, that it presents the United States as unreasonable and willing to employ force to protect any interest it so desires."

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