Second Front: Censorship and Propaganda in the 1991 Gulf War

Rating:
Summary: Excellent treatment of undemocratic control of press.
Review: This book will open your eyes to the real threat that press censorship poses to our democratic nation. You will be amazed at how the the Bush administration was able to control the press and public attitudes towards the first gulf war. It is highly relavent today in light current policies in Iraq.

The premise is that the media needs to be proactive and report news, not just what the government wants us to hear.

For example: Did you know that fourty thousand (40,000!!) Iraqis were buried alive on the first day of the '91 Iraq war? Why wasn't this grizzly fact reported?

No wonder we are not welcomed with open arms by the people of Iraq. Propagandists believe their own lies if they tell them enough.