I Make Up for It With a Game
The Senate Commerce Committee recently passed a bill (could I have come up with a more boring phrase to begin this post? but remember, there's a game at the end!) that, in its original language, would have required "disclosure to accompany any government-produced or -funded prepackaged VNR" in the form of a continuous identification of the source such as "Produced by the US Government."
The BIll as it passed does not have that requirement. Now the Bill is called the "Prepackaged News Story Announcement Act." (Yawn) All this means is that government funded propaganda does not have to be labeled such.
I couldn't decide which word above should serve as the appropriate gateway to the link so here's this: Source
Maybe you think this doesn't matter. You might be right.
Here's a fun and I'm sure completely unrelated game:
Guess who's the Nazi-
I'll give you a name and a description of what that person did. You guess if they were a Nazi or not. Are you ready?
Otto Reich- Directed a covert psychological propaganda unit, responsible for creating false news stories to garner public support for illegal military activities.
Answer
Heinrich Himmler- Literally a fertilizer salesman, early on in his political career, responsible for developing propaganda to garner support for his struggling political party, eventually became leader of a political police unit responsible for solidifying political power and eliminating dissent.
Answer
Joseph Goebbels- Political strategist, created a public image of the leader as political savior and defender against subversive cultural elements.
Answer
Cousin Kevin- The Who
Brat- Green Day
Girlfriend In a Coma- The Smiths
Love Me or Leave Me- Sarah Vaughan
Take Me Out- Franz Ferdinand
TIme On My Hands- Stan Getz
3 comments:
I went three for three, you should have games at the end of all your posts. I wonder when you are to get shut down by the government. The glorius and wonderful government.
Dang- I thought the German sounding names might make it trickier
Wow!
I'm reading you less than a week and your already going to the "Nazi card"!
Did you eat your Wheaties this morning?
But this is what you get when the government thinks it is beyond the law. Anything which furthers their purposes is good. I don't blame Karl Rove, because he's like that scorpion on the head of the whatever animal it is (gator?) that is swimming across the stream, and I don't blame George Bush because the man needed a job - I blame the Republicans in Congress who drink Kool-ade everyday in the place of the Constitutionally mandated responsibilities for oversight.
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