[Lazamataz]

the national media has gone all Orwellian, all the time unbelievable we used to feel appalled at the propaganda fed to the people in the USSR, Albania, East Germany and North Korea,

Right. We are fed PURE propaganda. PURE 'George Orwell'. NO difference between our Propaganda Ministry, and the old Soviet Union machine.

Not a lick of difference.

Well, strike that: Their propaganda was in Russian, ours is not.

[kearnyirish2]

“Right. We are fed PURE propaganda. PURE ‘George Orwell’. NO difference between our Propaganda Ministry, and the old Soviet Union machine. Not a lick of difference. Well, strike that: Their propaganda was in Russian, ours is not.”

I personally find it terrifying that we now live in a country where this has become standard news. The outright dishonesty to influence behavior (including racial violence), the use of the IRS or other law enforcement arms to stifle opposition, the surveillance used to spy on us (but not the Tsarnev brothers plotting the Boston Marathon Jihad)...terrifying.

[clearcarbon]

"Well, strike that: Their propaganda was in Russian, ours is not."

Actually, Radio Moscow use to broadcast Russian propaganda to North America in English. If you've forgotten what it was like just tune in to a few National Public Radio news broadcasts to refresh your memory.