‘A Lot of the Gaza Story Is Being Left Out’

ROME – The war of words continues in Gaza, in spite of the ceasefire. Nancy Snow, propaganda expert, talks to IPS about information spin strategies and whether we, the public, have learned any lessons from Iraq. Snow is a writer and a Huffington Post blogger. Her latest book is Persuader-in-Chief, about public diplomacy and persuasion … Continue reading “‘A Lot of the Gaza Story Is Being Left Out’”

The ‘Prop-Agenda’ at War

ROME – In an interview with Arabic broadcaster al-Jazeera, President Bush’s national security adviser Condoleezza Rice said in 2001 that she did not want U.S. networks to show Osama bin Laden tapes because “it was not a matter of news, it was a matter of propaganda.” Is the U.S. government above propaganda? Well, it is … Continue reading “The ‘Prop-Agenda’ at War”