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This article has been tagged since August 2005. News propaganda is covert propaganda packaged as credible news without transparency as to source and motivation. The lack of transparency is critical to distinguishing news propaganda from traditional press releases and video news releases. Secrecy is the condition of hiding information from others. ...
North Korean propaganda showing a soldier destroying the United States Capitol building. ...
NewS (NEWS) is a J-pop group from Johnny & Associates, which also produced groups such as SMAP, TOKIO, Kinki Kids and Tackey & Tsubasa. ...
In the physical sciences, specifically in optics, a transparent physical object is one that can be seen through. ...
A news release or press release is a written or recorded communication directed at members of the news media for the purpose of announcing something claimed as having news value. ...
Public relations person, using a fictitious name, appears in U.S. Government Transportation Security Administration video news release on airport security (screenshot) A video news release (VNR) is a public relations or a propaganda technique whereby a video or radio program is produced, edited and distributed to various media outlets...
As with any propaganda, news propaganda may be spread for purposes including political or ideological reasons, partisan agenda, religious motivation, and commercial motivation. In wartime, propaganda can be motivate by national security reasons. Politics is a process by which collective decisions are made within groups. ...
An ideology is an organized collection of ideas. ...
A political party is an organization that seeks to attain political power within a government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns. ...
Fishers of men; Oil on panel by Adriaen van de Venne (1614) Religion (see etymology below) sometimes used interchangeably with faith or belief system is commonly defined as belief concerning the supernatural, sacred, or divine; and the moral codes, practices, values, institutions and rituals associated with such belief. ...
Security measures taken to protect the Houses of Parliament in London, England. ...
United Kingdom
Government produced "news" The British Satellite News web site claims to be "a free television news and features service", but is provided by World Television, a company that "provides rich communications solutions to corporations, non-profit organisations and governmental institutions." BSN is entirely funded by the UK Foreign Office, which spent £340m on propaganda activities in the UK alone in 2001. [1] [2] The Foreign Office is also the primary funder of the BBC World Service, but as part of the BBC it has complete editorial and managerial independence. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Whitehall, seen from St. ...
World Service logo The BBC World Service is one of the most widely recognised international broadcasters of radio programming, transmitting in 43 languages to around 150 million people throughout the world. ...
Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation. ...
United States
Government produced "news" In the United States, according to a report by The New York Times David Barstow, the George W. Bush Administration has been increasingly criticized for the aggressive use of a tool typical of public relations: previously prepared, ready-to-serve news that big corporations regularly distribute to TV stations in order to sell products or services. What is referred to by the report as propaganda is usually distributed through the use of a Video news release (or VNR). The New York Times is a newspaper published in New York City by Arthur O. Sulzberger Jr. ...
George W. Bush administration is the administration of the 43rd president of the United States of America, 2001-present George H. W. Bush administration is the administration of the 41st president of the United States of America, 1989-1993 This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise...
Public relations is, simply-stated, the art and science of building relationships between an organization and its key audiences. ...
North Korean propaganda showing a soldier destroying the United States Capitol building. ...
Public relations person, using a fictitious name, appears in U.S. Government Transportation Security Administration video news release on airport security (screenshot) A video news release (VNR) is a public relations or a propaganda technique whereby a video or radio program is produced, edited and distributed to various media outlets...
A New York Times editorial (March 16, 2005) entitled "And now, the counterfeit news" affirms that at least 20 U.S. federal agencies, like the Department of Defense and the U.S. Census Bureau, produced and distributed hundreds of TV news reports since 2001 that were aired as if they were produced by the media. The same report says that this practice was also utilized by the Clinton Administration. Another report [3] details the use of this practice by the United States Department of Agriculture. The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ...
The United States Department of Defense, abbreviated DoD or DOD and sometimes called the Defense Department, is a civilian Cabinet organization of the United States government. ...
The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ...
William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, also called the Agriculture Department, or USDA, is a Cabinet department of the United States Federal Government. ...
Gannon aka Guckert In early 2005, James Guckert worked under the pseudonym Jeff Gannon as a White House reporter for the GOP-linked Talon News. Guckert has stated that he obtained frequent daily passes to White House briefings. He attended four Bush press conferences, and appeared regularly at White House press briefings. Questions have arisen as to Guckert's relationship with the White House and with the Republican Party. Although he did not qualify for a Congressional press pass, Guckert was given daily passes to White House press briefings. After Guckert came under public scrutiny, in particular for his journalistic background, he resigned from Talon News. He is under investigation in the Valerie Plame affair. James Guckert, a. ...
James Guckert, a. ...
The southern side of the White House The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States of America. ...
This article is about the modern United States Republican Party. ...
Talon News is an American website which became newsworthy in January 2005 because irregularities in the background of its chief correspondent, known as Jeff Gannon, came to light. ...
The factual accuracy of this article is disputed. ...
For detail on the political scandal, see Plame affair Valerie Elise Plame Wilson (born April 19, 1963 in Anchorage, Alaska) was a United States Central Intelligence Agency officer, who was identified as a CIA operative in a newspaper column by Robert Novak on July 14, 2003. ...
See also Ad Council Americas Army, video game produced by the U.S. government with the stated aim of encouraging players to become interested in joining the U.S. Army. ...
Freedom of the press (or press freedom) is the guarantee by a government of free public speech for its citizens and their associations, extended to members of news gathering organizations, and their published reporting. ...
The Bush administration payment of columnists refers to the payment of public funds to right-wing media commentators by several U.S. executive departments under Cabinet officials to promote various policies of U.S. President George W. Bushs administration. ...
Journalism is a discipline of collecting, verifying, analyzing and presenting information gathered regarding current events, including trends, issues and people. ...
Journalism ethics and standards include principles of ethics and of good practice to address the specific challenges faced by professional journalists. ...
Journalistic scandals includes practices such as plagiarism, fabrication of quotes, facts, or other report details, staging or altering the event being putatively recorded, or anything else that may call the integrity and truthfulness of a piece of journalism into question. ...
Mass media is a term used to denote, as a class, that section of the media specifically conceived and designed to reach a very large audience (typically at least as large as the whole population of a nation state). ...
Managing the news refers to acts which are intended to influence the presentation of information within the news media. ...
News satire, sometimes alternately called Fake news, is a type of satire presented in a format typical of mainstream journalism. ...
Public relations is, simply-stated, the art and science of building relationships between an organization and its key audiences. ...
External links
Sources - The Guardian David Miller: "The propaganda we pass off as news around the world" February 15, 2006
- New York Times editorial: "And now, the counterfeit news" - March 16, 2005, by David Barstow and Robin Stein (reproduced here, at a political advocacy website
Further reference - Journalists challenge license of Fox TV in Tampa on evidence of false and distorted news reports - from Mindfully.org. Journalists Jane Akre and Steve Wilson vs. WTVT Fox-13 in Tampa. Jan 3, 2005.
- Florida station facing consequences for not airing complete BGH story - from NewFarm.org.
- Military news programs secure a public outlet - published on March 9, 2005, by the St. Petersburg Times. Tampa Bay Area Government access channels Air Defense Department programming that also goes to military bases and features anchors in uniform.
- The Boston Globe – Patricia Smith’s virtual reality - article by TransparencyNow.com.
- Drug Control Office faulted for issuing fake news tapes - published on Jan 7, 2005, by The Washington Post, written by Ceci Connolly.
- How to write distorted news – NY Times vs. Washington Post - from Rasmusen Weblog. July 22, 2004.
- Fake news, fake reporter - by Eric Boehlert (Salon.com). Feb. 10, 2005.
- Wanted : 250,000 Americans to fight fake news and government propaganda - from the Center for Media and Democracy, publishers of PRWatch.org.
- sniggle.net: News Trolls - brief descriptions of historical examples of fake news items originating both inside and outside the newsroom
- Press release about the Federal Propaganda Prohibition Act of 2005, legislation proposed by Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro
Rosa DeLauro Rosa L. DeLauro (born March 2, 1943), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1991, representing the 3rd District of Connecticut (map). ...
Media watchdog organizations Some of these have a political slant of their own. Screenshot from Media Matters for America (Jan 6, 2006) Media Matters for America is a non-profit organization founded by former journalist David Brock. ...
David Brock David Brock was a prominent conservative journalist of the 1990s who in 1998 became a liberal and now works to dismantle the conservative media machine of which he was once a part. ...
The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) is an American-based media research group founded in 1993 by environmentalist writer and political activist John Stauber. ...
Movies with related themes - Wag the Dog (1997)
- The Insider (1999)
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