MetaFilter posts tagged with propaganda and usa Posts tagged with 'propaganda' and 'usa' at MetaFilter. Thu, 16 May 2013 13:50:10 -0800 Thu, 16 May 2013 13:50:10 -0800 en-us 60 Another Stupid Newsreel! I Hate The News. <a href="">We visited Weirdo Video back in 07</a> for propaganda films,<a href=""> but the YouTube channel</a> has been steadily updating with yesterday's ephemera. Why not enjoy some vintage newsreels about <a href="">STRIKES! </a> <a href="">SULTANS!</a> <a href="">SUEZ!</a><a href=""> SAN FRANSISCO!</a> or some <a href="">FITNESS FADS!</a>,2013:site.128143 Thu, 16 May 2013 13:50:10 -0800 The Whelk Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound! Via <a href="">io9</a>: "The first nine Superman cartoons produced by Fleischer Studios from 1941 to 1942 are a wonder of animated retrofuturism, giving us a peek into a world that not only had a flying superstrong protector, but also filled viewers' heads with dreams of autonomous robots, comet-controlling telescopes, and machines that could shake the Earth. These films are in the public domain and have been available on the Internet Archive," but now Warner Bros. is releasing them (remastered) on YouTube. The first short, <a href="">"Superman"</a> (also known as "The Mad Scientist,") was nominated for an Academy Award. Also see: <a href="">The Super Guide to the Fleischer Superman Cartoons</a>. Find links to all nine episodes and more inside. <strong>Fleischer Studios Superman Episodes</strong> 1) <a href="">Superman / The Mad Scientist [1941]</a> 2) <a href="">The Mechanical Monsters [1941]</a> 3) <a href="">Billion Dollar Limited [1942]</a> 4) <a href="">The Arctic Giant [1942]</a> 5) <a href="">The Bulleteers [1942]</a> 6) <a href="">The Magnetic Telescope [1942]</a> 7) <a href="">Electric Earthquake [1942]</a> 8) <a href="">Volcano [1942]</a> 9) <a href="">Terror on the Midway [1942]</a> Per <a href="">Wikipedia</a>: <i><blockquote>The Fleischers produced nine classic cartoons in the Superman series before Paramount took over the Fleischer Studios facility in Miami and ousted Max and Dave Fleischer. By the end of 1941, the brothers were no longer able to cooperate with each other, and the studio's co-owner Dave Fleischer had left Florida for California, where he would eventually become the new head of Columbia Pictures' Screen Gems studio. The sleek look of the series continued, but there was a noticeable change in the storylines of the later shorts of the series. The first nine cartoons had more of a science fiction aspect to them, as they involved the Man of Steel fighting robots, giant dinosaurs, meteors from outer space, and other perils. The later eight cartoons in the series dealt more with World War II propaganda stories, such as in Eleventh Hour, which finds Superman going to Japan to commit acts of sabotage in order to reduce the morale of the enemy; meanwhile, an angered Adolf Hitler had a cameo role at the end of Jungle Drums after Superman foiled another Nazi plot. The first seven cartoons originated the classic opening line which was later adopted by the Superman radio series and in the live-action television series a decade later: "Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound!" (The radio series also eventually used the cartoon series' theme music.) However, for the final two Fleischer-produced cartoons and the first of the eight Famous Studios-produced cartoons, the opening was changed to "Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to soar higher than any plane!". For the remaining Famous Studios-produced cartoons, the opening line was changed again to "Faster than a streak of lightning! More powerful than the pounding surf! Mightier than a roaring hurricane!" This series also featured a slight variation of the now-classic exclamation (also from the radio series): "Up in the sky, look! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!"</blockquote></i> <strong>Famous Studios Superman Episodes</strong> <i>These were American WWII propaganda, and some include racist caricatures.</i> 10) <a href="">Japoteurs [1942]</a> 11) <a href="">Showdown [1942]</a> 12) <a href="">Eleventh Hour [1942]</a> 13) <a href="">Destruction, Inc. [1942]</a> 14) <a href="">The Mummy Strikes [1943]</a> 15) <a href="">Jungle Drums [1943]</a> 16) <a href="">The Underground World [1943]</a> 17) <a href="">Secret Agent [1943]</a> The Internet Archive has all 17 Fleischer and Famous episodes, <a href="">combined into a single, two hour movie.</a>,2012:site.122184 Sun, 25 Nov 2012 10:54:22 -0800 zarq Objectivity Killed the News Star "The symbiotic relationship between the press and the power elite worked for nearly a century. It worked as long as our power elite, no matter how ruthless or insensitive, was competent. But once our power elite became incompetent and morally bankrupt, the press, along with the power elite, lost its final vestige of credibility." <a href="">"The Creed of Objectivity Killed the News" by Chris Hedges</a>.,2010:site.88846 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:43:30 -0800 AugieAugustus Advertising in the public interest "What if America wasn't America?" That was the question posed by a series of ads broadcast in the wake of the September 11th attacks, ads which depicted a dystopian America bereft of liberty: <a href="">Library</a> - <a href="">Diner</a> - <a href="">Church</a>. Together with more positive ads like <a href="">Remember Freedom</a> and <a href="">I Am an American</a>, they encouraged frightened viewers to cherish their freedoms and defend against division and prejudice in the face of terrorism (<a href="">seven years previously</a>). The campaign was the work of the <a href="">Ad Council</a>, a non-profit agency that employs the creative muscle of volunteer advertisers to raise awareness for social issues of national importance. Founded during WWII as the War Advertising Council, the organization has been behind <a href="">some of the most memorable public service campaigns in American history</a>, including <a href="">Rosie the Riveter</a>, <a href="">Smokey the Bear</a>, <a href="">McGruff the Crime Dog</a>, and <a href="">the Crash Test Dummies</a>. And the Council is still at it today, producing striking, funny, and above all <a href="">effective</a> PSAs on everything from <a href="">student invention</a> to <a href="">global warming</a> to <a href="">arts education</a> to <a href="">community service</a>.<br><br>Additional resources: <a href="">A-to-Z index of Ad Council campaigns</a> - <a href="">Campaigns organized by category</a> - <a href="">Award-winning campaigns</a> - <a href="">PSA Central</a>: A free download directory of TV, radio, and print PSAs <small>(registration req'd)</small> - <a href="">An exhaustive history of the Ad Council</a> <small>[46-page PDF]</small> - <a href="">YouTube channel</a> - <a href="">Vimeo channel</a> - <a href="">Twitter feed</a>,2009:site.84962 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:54:54 -0800 Rhaomi NIOBY <a href="">In Our Own Backyard: Resisting Nazi Propaganda In Southern California 1933 - 1945</a>, a digital exhibition from the Oviatt Library at Cal State Northridge.<em> "The Nazi Propaganda period, 1933 to 1945, chronicles a crucial twelve years in American history. This exhibit's story about the local threat to American ideals demonstrates how European events reached across the ocean and affected people in Southern California -- in our own backyard."</em> <a href="">Magazines</a>, <a href="">pamphlets</a>, <a href="">newspapers</a>, <a href="">stickers</a> and <a href="">more</a>. The site navigation, especially as pertains to the digital materials, leaves a good deal to be desired, but it's still a fascinating look at an aspect of the Depression era most people don't think about. [<a href="">via</a>, which is in itself one of the best link blogs out there, from (formerly?) Metafilter's Own™ <a href="">plep</a> ],2009:site.80745 Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:26:03 -0800 dersins Bush blows cover of al-Qaeda insider <a href=";storyID=560866&amp;section=news">"After his capture he admitted being an al Qaeda member and agreed to send e-mails to his contacts,"</a> a Pakistani intelligence source told Reuters. "He sent encoded e-mails and received encoded replies. He's a great hacker and even the U.S. agents said he was a computer whiz." In its haste to get a <a href="">scary headline</a> the weekend after the Democratic Convention, did the Bush Administration deliberately <a href="">blow the cover of one of its best informants within al-Qaeda?</a>,2004:site.34854 Sun, 08 Aug 2004 08:30:16 -0800 lagado Is it real or infoganda? <a href="">Fake news.</a> How is it legal to present a commercial as real news, without any indication that it is a commercial? And when did it become legal to use government money (i.e. *my taxes*) to push partisan issues, as well as try to influence election politics?,2004:site.31861 Thu, 18 Mar 2004 11:30:13 -0800 rich "Given the choice, it's better to be viewed as a foot soldier for Bush than a spokeswoman for al-Qaeda." <a href="">"Given the choice, it's better to be viewed as a foot soldier for Bush than a spokeswoman for al-Qaeda."</a> This quote, captured in a USA Today article, came from Fox News spokeswoman Irena Briganti in response to allegations that CNN "was intimidated" by the Bush administration and Fox News, which "put a climate of fear and self-censorship.",2003:site.28312 Mon, 15 Sep 2003 11:25:49 -0800 FormlessOne This propaganda leaflet <a href="">This propaganda leaflet</a> is apparently being dropped in afghanistan by the American Military (taken from this msnbc story about <a href=""> the first american soldier to die from hostile fire</a>). Regardless of your opinion about propaganda, this seems rather sloppy. If the purpose of propaganda is to convince people of something, wouldn't you want to say it in a language they understand? Is the American military getting lazy / sloppy / over-confident? It looks like the propaganda leaflets from <a href="">Desert storm</a> (1991), <a href="">Desert Fox</a> (1998), and the <a href="">bombing of Kosovo</a> were at least in the local languages. (Who knew there was a <a href="">quarterly magazine</a> dedicated to aerial leaflet propaganda?),2002:site.13545 Fri, 04 Jan 2002 14:03:48 -0800 jnthnjng "It's not propaganda, it's the truth" <a href="">"It's not propaganda, it's the truth"</a> Rumsfeld declared. OK, but <a href="">leaflets with radio broadcasts</a>, and <a href="">Information Programs</a>, is this the best we can do? How about some <a href="">Daffy Goes to War</a>, even some inspirational <a href="">Soviet </a> and <a href="">Cuban</a> communist posters, as we do battle on the <a href=""> psyops</a> war front?,2001:site.12740 Thu, 29 Nov 2001 15:40:12 -0800 Voyageman Infinite Justice is out, Enduring Freedom is in. <a href="">Infinite Justice is out, Enduring Freedom is in.</a> "The change was made after the initial name -- 'Operation Infinite Justice' -- last week ran into objections from some Islamic scholars on grounds that only God, or Allah, could mete out infinite justice in their view.",2001:site.10854 Wed, 26 Sep 2001 14:49:39 -0800 swerve