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The Gala Report's avatar

Excellent and critically important journalism by Caitlin Johnstone. As someone old enough to have watched the Army–McCarthy hearings on TV in 1954 which destroyed the lives of countless intellectuals, academics, artists, and Hollywood screenwriters, it’s incredible to watch a reincarnation of that era taking place now when we—and especially journalists—should know better. The public and journalists seem to forget that Joe McCarthy was censored, disgraced, and exposed as a purveyor of propaganda. It's never been more obvious that our top political, military and intelligence officials and the media they control are engaged in a disinformation campaign aimed at American citizens in service of fabricating “enemies” to justify their huge budgets and genocidal colonial wars. Their utter lack of concern let alone guilt for the millions of innocent human beings murdered or displaced as refugees as a result of US "interventionist wars" and “wars on drugs” in Latin America and the middle east based on lies is astounding. The bipartisan racist, sociopathic zeitgeist that describes both US domestic and foreign policy is unconscionable.

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Riff McClavin's avatar

KNOWING that this is happening and CARING that this is happening are two very distinct things. I think what informs the latter -- and justifies it -- is the goal of the non-stop propaganda that we're all subjected to. "Sure, we may not be Boy Scouts, but get a load of those other guys." This leaves very little room for outrage.

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