Word: propagandaâ
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...pictures of the soldiers on guard and given enough space by our minders that we could have even made a dash for the South Korean border. I don't know if tourists have ever defected from North Korea, but after more than a week of constant surveillance and ceaseless propaganda???basically, living like a member of its society?it didn't seem like such a bad idea...
...other side of the Atlantic, Reagan complained at his press conference that to the Soviets, "promises are like piecrusts, made to be broken." Be that as it may, it is clear that the Soviets' skillful propaganda???stressing their peaceful intentions, their willingness to reduce their numbers of missiles aimed at Western Europe and their flexibility at the bargaining table?has convinced many Europeans that the Soviet disarmament goals are genuine. The U.S., known for its Madison Avenue genius, has been put on the defensive. Acknowledging as much, the White House last week announced the formation...
...Buddhist monk named Thich Quang Duc sat down in the middle of a Saigon street and, drenched in five gallons of gasoline, calmly set himself afire with a cigarette lighter to dramatize Buddhist opposition to the regime of President Ngo Dinh Diem. It was this calculated grisly act of propaganda???and Diem's harsh countermeasures?that eventually led the U.S. to withdraw support from Diem, permitting his overthrow and murder. At the time, the West had great sympathy for South Viet Nam's Buddhists. Now the atmosphere is different. There is no longer even the shadow of a religious issue...
...Atrocity" pictures are those which, real and faked, were circulated for War-time propaganda???pictures of wanton violence done to noncombatants: bayonetted babes, women with breasts hacked off, desecrated churches...
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