Word: propagandas
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...real thing. There is much merit in letting the country view and hear such White House sessions. This could be a device through which a lot of ordinary people might gain deeper intimacy with the business of government. But under the censorship rules the show is a GOP propaganda project rather than a recording of history...
...they are appraising this new situation with philosophic calm. They recognize that the development is a legitimate extension of the publication of news conference transcripts, which has been the practice for a long time. And they also accept the fact that the value of these meetings for party propaganda, by any method of public communication, is a legitimate advantage of White House incumbency. But the Democrats, particularly those of the National Committee, are equally aware of the hazards of the new medium to the President and to his party. Eisenhower's predecessors on occasion have failed to avoid...
These lads accomplished nothing by their heroism. It certainly didn't bring the United States military victory. It didn't stop the Reds from winning a smashing propaganda victory in the Orient. As an American I am very proud of these men. But as an American I'm ashamed of the position we put them in. This must never happen again. Our military regulations say that a prisoner may state his "name, rank and serial number," but beyond that he must clam up. This harsh rule is uncivilized, un-American and stupid...
...poisoned Lenin and Stalin; they can call the President a capitalist, warmongering dog of Wall Street; they can broadcast peace appeals, agree to settle behind the Iron Curtain when the war is over, and sign long-term leases on houses in Moscow. Give the Reds anything they want for propaganda purposes and defy them to use it! This order would be transmitted to the United Nations with a blistering statement explaining why we had to do it, and serving notice that hereafter statements of our prisoners, made to the enemy, would be a bunch of fairy stories. Worldwide publication...
Embarrassed Korean army officers identified the would-be assassin as Major Kim Ki Ok, 34, a wounded veteran of the early Korean war days, and said that he was mentally upset and perhaps insane. But President Syngman Rhee's nimble propaganda office saw an opportunity to make a little hay. "Major Kim had served in the front during the fighting and was sent to the rear with wounds," the government explained. "It is believed that the shock which came with his disappointment at the armistice and failure to achieve the unification of Korea affected his mind. He confessed that...