Why Are We The Good Guys?: Reclaiming Your Mind From The Delusions Of Propaganda
329Why Are We The Good Guys?: Reclaiming Your Mind From The Delusions Of Propaganda
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ISBN-13: | 9781780993652 |
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Publisher: | Collective Ink |
Publication date: | 09/16/2012 |
Pages: | 329 |
Product dimensions: | 5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.80(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements xii
1 The Golden Ride of State Violence 1
Two Classroom Experiments 5
A Shock to the System 11
The Marshall Plan: Myth and Actuality 12
Bad News from the Middle East 15
The BBC Ponders Another Moral Issue 21
Helen 'The Hidden' Boaden 22
'A Brilliant Act of Hypnosis' 26
2 Shoring up the Edifice of Benign Power 28
The Origins of Media Lens 28
The Unreporting of the West's Genocide in Iraq 33
The Propaganda Model and the Price of Iraq 35
Burying Unpeople and Inconvenient Facts 39
A Strange Encounter with the Former Foreign Secretary 41
When Untruths Prevail, Catastrophes May Ensue 45
"The Price Has Been Worth It,' Once Again 48
3 How to Cover Your Tracks After Promoting War 54
All the Apocryphal Stories Fit to Print 54
The Observer: 'Yes, We Read the Paper, Old Friend' 56
ITN: Nothing to Apologise For 60
Independent on Sunday: A True Guardian of Power 64
Head of BBC TV News: 'Always Happy to Debate' 68
Don't Look at Us - Look at Them! 73
The Masquerade of Media Balance 76
4 Promoting Public Ignorance 79
The Chains of Seduction 79
'We See Further into the Future' 82
'A Load of Cobblers' 86
Balance Sheets, Death and Silence 89
'Public Opinion of No Value' 92
'Fantasy Land' 94
Burying the Cable 96
The BBC 'Notes' Privately That There Are Dissenting Views 100
5 Global Climate Crime 104
Dancing with a Fossil Fuel Dinosaur 104
Climate out of Control 110
'Guarding the Mythology of 'Failure to Act' 113
Who's Holding Us Back? 117
'A Death Sentence for Africa' 120
'A Crime of Global Proportions' 121
The Eightfold Nay: The Great Unmentionables of Climate Coverage 123
6 Power's Assault on Democracy 127
The Invisible Corporate Shadow 127
'Good People Work for Corporations, Too' 129
Poverty and the 'Defence' Budget 134
The Power Inquiry and Gaping Holes in Media Coverage 138
Public Interests Would Mean 'Disaster' for Elites 142
7 Endless Echoes 149
Racing the Enemy 151
The Real Meaning of the Potsdam Proclamation 153
Crucial Questions About Truman Left Unanswered 156
'Deeply Flawed' Casualty Claims 158
What Compelled the Japanese Surrender? 160
The Nuclear Hammer Still Above Our Heads 164
8 The Madness of the Global Economy 167
A Sprinkling of Stardust Covering Ugly Realities 167
The Masters of the Universe Cling to Power 170
Boom and Bust 174
Official Fraud and Propaganda 177
The Neoliberal Nightmare 178
'Most of Us Get These Things out of Our System When We Are Students': A Tangle with the Economics Editor of The Sunday Times 181
'You Sanctimonious Nitwit': Financial Times Chief Economics Commentator Unhappy with Debating in Public 183
'Dealing with the World as it is'? Jousting with Independent Economics Commentator 185
The Latest 'Success Stories' of Capitalism 186
'A Large Statistical Glitch' 189
The Failure of Professional Journalism 192
9 Beyond Indifference 194
Authentic Existence and the 'Outsider Problem' 194
Spring Bloom and a Burst Appendix 196
Indifference Arising from Clutching Desire 198
Contemplating Death 199
The Unanswered Question: What Would Nietzsche's Superman Actually Do? 201
Total Compassion, Not Total Indifference 203
Transforming Suffering into Freedom 206
'Go Ahead, Make My Day!' 207
Letting Go of Old Bad Habits by Focusing on Others 211
10 Freedom at Last? 213
Regulating the University Mind 214
The Disciplined Professional 217
Predatory Urges, Plastic Brains and Empowerment 220
The Multidimensional Human Being 224
Escaping Our Hardwiring 225
'This is a Damn Good Show Tonight!' 227
'Just War' or Just Another War? 230
'A Saint is Less Dangerous than a Rebel' 232
Time to Wake Up 234
Notes 239
Bibliography 288
Index 299