Thu 4 Mar, 2010
The black Rupert Murdoch.
The Obama administration plans to spend nearly $50 million on Pakistani media this year to reverse anti-American sentiments and raise awareness of projects aimed at improving quality of life, confirms a Washington insider.
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The US Special Representative to Pakistan and Afghanistan, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke believes that a substantial amount of monies spent on media- especially private TV channels will reduce tension and may even bring Pakistan-US relations back on the right path.
That’s right, the Obama administration is spending taxpayers’ money on propaganda in a country we aren’t at war with. Well, the Obama administration says we aren’t at war with, but don’t tell that to the families of the three dead U.S. special forces soldiers.
But this doesn’t surprise me, because what the Obama administration is doing is taking the propaganda model the Bush administration used during the lead up to the Iraq war and using it on the Pakistanis.
What does surprise me is the 1.45 billion the Obama administration is giving the Pakistan government to help with their economic troubles:
Reuters today reported that the Obama administration has sent lawmakers a plan for funding water, energy and other projects. Report said the US intends to spend $1.45 billion of earmarked for the Kerry-Lugar bill in fiscal 2010.
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The Obama administration plans to help Pakistan’s democratic government meet budget shortfalls and deliver services to a population increasingly angry about economic and security troubles. As the funding builds the capacity of the government to provide basic services, the US sponsored Pakistani media will raise awareness and a build a brand for America, our sources have confirmed.
Could someone help me understand how this president is a socialist, Marxist, commie? Because I thought Socialism, Marxism, and Communism used taxpayers’ money to create services and programs for the taxpayers; not use taxpayers’ money to create services and programs for people in foreign countries.
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Tags: I couldn't make this shit up, Obama, Pakistan, PropagandaComments (7)
Fractured Jester says:
You suppose bin Laden will see some of that money? He probably needs a new dialysis machine, and his cave probably needs new drapes.
Phuck Politics says:
@Fractured Jester – If I had any money I would bet it all on bin Laden being as dead as Michael Jackson.
Laci the Dog says:
The Socialist shit is just something they reactionaries use to scare the crap out of the moronic masses so that the mms act in their worst interests.
http://wi.aflcio.org/statefed/index.cfm?action=article&articleID=d39b8466-cae3-48ab-9bf4-eb86f9d3aa11
The Beeb does a better job of getting out the news, and is far more trusted than ANY US news source.
Even NPR is crap in my opinion since it has to beg for money and takes bribes, er, sponsorships from corporations.
rory says:
BBC world service radio is brilliant,always giving robust debate,not 20 second soundbites.And at least it provides both sides of any disussion.
ZIRGAR says:
Obama’s a socialist because he’s a tax and spend, big government Democrat. In objective reality these two concepts are in no way the same thing, but in GOP speak they are. Just like for the GOP, reconciliation is the same thing as the “nuclear option” or Sarah Palin is a qualified candidate for national office, or reimbursement for end of life counseling is the same thing as “death panels” or teabaggers are true patriots. You get the idea…
cft says:
@PhP:
Phuck Politics says:
@Fractured Jester – If I had any money I would bet it all on bin Laden being as dead as Michael Jackson.
Couldn’t agree more. I even seem to remember there being a period of time a few years ago during which a number of people whose job it is to act like they know about these things saying: “It’s highly unlikely he’s still alive.” But after the passage time, lo and behold, they’re not really saying that anymore.
And when you consider: When was it — a while ago — that the infamous bin Laden-in-a-cave video messages stopped being released and in their place were a succession of bin Laden audio messages-with-sketchy-ass-sound, and the contents of which are basically just dull anyway.
I mean there’s also the question: What the hell difference does it make whether this particular dude is still out there? In a way, the framing of the issue itself is pure distraction to meaninglessness….
cft says:
@rory:
BBC world service radio is brilliant,always giving robust debate,not 20 second soundbites.And at least it provides both sides of any disussion.
Since I’m already playing the part of The Curmudgeon in the Shakespearean Comedy that is our Internet lives, I may as well also say that, is it just me or has the BBC kind of gone downhill over the years, too? Nowhere NEASR as bad as American media, mind you. But still. It seems like they indulge more neocon tomfoolery over across the pond than they used to.
Of course, at least they’re giving Tony Blair and his Iraq War buddies a right drubbing in public hearings at the moment.
What can I say? These damn kids today…..