Project Censored 2012 #2: US Military Manipulates the Social Media

[Robert J. Niewiadomski]

Hi All

This news is probably nothing special to most of us. This fits "nicely" along OTPOR!, outpour of fake Twitter, Facebook and YouTube accounts during Arab Spring and invasion of Libya lately (where Twitter, Facebook and YouTube where supposedly banned)... Interestingly all using English language ;)
And this is a "natural" extension to the mature science of PSYOP.

http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/2-us-military-manipulates-the-social-media/

[Corncrake]

Interesting article and not at all surprising - even inevitable. There have been various cases of authors manipulating their own reviews on Amazon as in the case of the historian Orlando Figes and companies writing fake reviews of their own products. The internet is a wonderful resource and a terrible one too. The Avalon 'Charles material' and its effects have been discussed ad infinitum but whoever Charles/Atticus is or was it attracted many new members and lost others. Powerful stuff.

[PathWalker]

I believe it happens here at AV as well.
All over the web. Yet they do not have the man power and will to make a small dent.
Yet they try, it is their role to play.
I respect and encourage them to continue. As long as there is disagreement there is a moment of awe.

[58andfixed]

It seems to be about "Full Spectrum Dominance" as per F William Engdahl.

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/full-spectrum-dominance-f-william-engdahl/1103299665

http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/70760000/70765082.JPG

"For the faction controlling the Pentagon, the military industry, and the oil industry, the Cold War never ended."

"They engineered an incredible plan to grab total control of the planet, of land, sea, air, space, outer space and cyberspace."

"Continuing 'below the radar,' they created a global network of military bases and conflicts to advance the long-term goal of Full Spectrum Dominance."

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F William Engdahl is interviewed by Paul Jay of the Real News Network in part 1 of 2 parts.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frw87_Fbc8g


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frw87_Fbc8g

12m 56s 32,423 views

Posted July 5, 2009

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Methods included control of propaganda, use of NGOs for regime change, Color Revolutions to advance NATO eastwards, and a vast array of psychological and economic warfare techniques.

[58andfixed]

Gore Vidal: "History of the national security state."


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4YIU6ufzdM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4YIU6ufzdM

3m 14s 14,104 views

Posted June 26, 2008

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gore_Vidal

"He is of the view that for several years the Bush administration and their associates aimed to control the petroleum of Central Asia (after gaining effective control of the petroleum of the Persian Gulf in 1991)."

"In October 2006, Vidal derided NORAD for what he claimed was a conspiracy against the US public, perpetrated by an alliance of the US Air Force and the government of Canada at the time."

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