Public television is running a new World War II series produced by Ken Burns (who produced the award winning US Civil War monograph). It has been 10 hours of TV this week, tracing people in 4 US cities and their experiences with the war - Waterbury, Conneticut - Sacramento, California - a small town in rural Minnesota - another town in Lousiana or Alabama. The picture of life in those times makes our times look cynical and self absorbed.
It is propaganda to use the flag raising picture to try and make people buy War Bonds and dig deeper to support the cause. It is not propaganda to try and make those sacrificing at home see some glimmer of hope and share in a national pride for their sacrifices. Propaganda to me is about manipulating the national sentiment to support bad causes. I know others will differ with me on this. Regards, Bob S. On 9/28/07, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Sullivan" > Subject: Re: Chicken or Egg Photo Story - NY Times > > > > Bill and Tom, > > > > What is a propaganda photo? > > The flag raising at Iwo Jima was an inspirational moment by design. > > It was a premature 'celebration' of victory, 2 days into a grim 30 day > > battle. > > The flag was raised to inspire those fighting on the island below. > > > > The photo took on a propaganda aura based on how the media handled it, > > the events themselves (a difficult battle), and the qualities of the > > photo itself. The US government used the photo as the centerpiece of > > a massive War Bond drive - the kind of promotional campaign that would > > make Nike look like a lightweight in comparison today. (Imagine > > financing Vietnam from 'donations' to War Bonds instead of deficit > > spending!) > > > > Propaganda is a loaded word. > > Technically, it is information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely > to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc, nothing > more, nothing less. > > I'm guessing that had the Vietnam war more going for it than pocket pool > ideology, it would have been more popular, I am sure. > > William Robb > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
