[brityank]

Masterful essay on our State of The Nation, Joanie -- thank you.

I jumped in here to pass along a link for the CD of that Bezmenov interview available for $20 (or less) at Deception Was My Job -- The Testimony of Yuri Bezmenov, KGB Propagandist ^ -- Interviewed by G. Edward Griffin.

Mr. Bezmenov tells how the Soviets used propaganda against their own citizens; how he hoodwinked American journalists into publishing Soviet propaganda, how slave laborers are concealed from foreign visitors, and how he escaped to the West posing as an American hippie. Includes many photographs brought with him on microfilm at the time of his escape.

• Part 1: Life under Soviet Collectivism
• Part 2: Propaganda and Mind Control
• Part 3: Cultural Subversion and Escape
The original 1985 release of this program was entitled Soviet Subversion of the Free-World Press. It provides insights to state propaganda that is as current as today's newspaper. 90 minutes, DVD.

It really is chilling to see how prescient that interview was. Best wishes to you both, and God bless and protect us all in the days ahead.

[joanie-f]

Thanks for the very kind words, brityank.

And thank you so much for the link to the DVD! What a damning exposé this piece is on the power and arrogance of the modern media. I was transfixed when I first viewed it -- it's as if Bezmenov were transported forward twenty-three years and serving as a modern commentator on the state of the media.

Best to you and yours, brityank, in these troubling times ...

~ joanie