Propaganda: what all Americans need to know

As presidential election propaganda machines grind out subtle messages, and outright lies to the public, there’s a way to avoid being someone’s puppet. Knowledge is power.

Yes, you too can see through propaganda with the following detailed information:

Introduction
Why think about propaganda?
The Institute for Propaganda Analysis
Common techniques
Word games
Name-calling
Glittering generalities
Euphemisms
False connections
Transfer
Testimonial
Special Appeals
Plain Folks
Bandwagon
Fear
Logical fallacies
Bad Logic or propaganda?
Unwarranted extrapolation

Wartime propaganda
World War I
The drift towards war
The Committee on Public Information
Demons, atrocities, and lies
Post-war propaganda
Examples
America First Party
Anti-American propaganda from Afghanistan
Enron Corporation
International Workers Organization
John Birch Society
Maoist International Movement
Newt Gingrich
Gingrich's glittering generalities
Newt's name-calling words
Office of Strategic Information

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