Strategypage describes the similarities between Japanese propaganda during WWII and American mainstream media during the global war on terror:
[R]ecently, the troops have been passing around an interesting discovery. Namely, that the Japanese psychological warfare effort during World War II included radio broadcasts that could be picked up by American troops. Popular music was played, but the commentary (by one of several English speaking Japanese women) always hammered away on the same points.
1 Your President (Franklin D Roosevelt) is lying to you.
2 This war is illegal.
3 You cannot win the war.
The troops are perplexed and somewhat amused that their own media is now sending out this message. Fighting the enemy in Iraq is simple, compared to figuring out what news editors are thinking back home.
The way the mainstream media has acted since we have engaged the enemy has been for the most part disgraceful. I too, am perplexed by the media.
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