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Matthew Josephson, now 68, is perhaps best remembered for his muckraking classic, The Robber Barons, a gallery of the "malefactors of great wealth" who dominated the second half of the 19th century in the U.S. The theme was full of pay dirt for the propagandist, but Josephson, one of the few radicals who had any notion of how American business actually worked, wrote with authority. Infidel in the Temple is an attempt to evoke the spirit of the Depression years, but the effect is only that of an endless documentary spliced from old newsreels, with a commentary by the author...
...particularly virulent and popular commentator for Cairo's Voice of the Arabs named Ahmed Said last week called for instant death for any Arab leader who dares to open negotiations with Israel. Though Said is a better propagandist than politician, it was a fool hardy Arab leader indeed who could ignore his warning; the sentiments are shared by a large part of the population. Trapped by their own propaganda, split once more into rival factions and disappointed in their Russian allies, the Arabs seem no closer to any form of negotiation with Israel than they were when...
...Swan with no intelligence and no compassion is evidently to miss the point, for Miss Garson makes no claims for her idiom or for her pentameters. "I worked for four months with Shakespeare in front of me," she reports, "so I know the difference between a clever propagandist and a great playright...
...Reading Dynamics Institute also produces the same kind of propaganda associated with party activity. Usually it is composed of statements from well-known people who have been converted to the idea of reading dynamics. Professor Stauffer of Delaware is probably the party's chief propagandist. But not to be overlooked are statements from prestigious non-experts such as Senator William Proxmire whose famous quotation is: "I must say that this was one of the most useful educational experiences I've ever had. It certainly compares favorably with the experiences I've had at Yale and Harvard...
...remarkably demonstrated by the much superior East German school system, which ranks among the best in the world-despite the obvious flaws in teaching humanities. As a matter of fairness towards our most "beloved enemy," this genuine achievement should not be ridiculed as a mere all-out effort of propagandist indoctrination...