... where they believe everything they hear. An example of this, one of the phone conversations I had, the person on the other end told me that war is unnecessary because Sadam hasn't done anything wrong. When I ask how he knew this information he said he hear it on the news, I asked him if perhaps the news was wrong and he responded, "If it ... of the information that someone gains in one day is forgotten because most people intermingle bits of all the information pertaining to a certain topic and skew it together combining it with their own opinions to create a story that doesn't coincide...

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... only scratches the surface of the true nature and practical application of propaganda in American society today. Propaganda is simply using images, languages, and most importantly the emotions of everyday people to convince them to conform to whatever message the source of the ... buy shit we don't need ". This illustrates just how far television has come into becoming propaganda because companies always try to illicit an emotional response and compel the viewer to participate. Television ads reinforce a belief among Americans, especially ... have more direct messages as well such as "S...

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