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Why We Fight

Staff / Truthdig Mar 23, 2006 If you are troubled by the symbiotic relationship between military contractors and military planners--as Eisenhower was--don't miss the acclaimed documentary, "Why We Fight." Check out: the trailer an interview with the film's creator a New Yorker article on the film's screening at a military academy a Walter Cronkite column on the film movie reviews here, here and here Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Propaganda? What Propaganda?

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Dec 13, 2005 "There is no U.S. footprint" is the proud boast of one of the Pentagon's propaganda contractors, and it prompts the questions: Why not? What are they ashamed of? One thing is that most of us in this democracy did not know we were paying for this vast official propaganda operation until we read it in Jeff Gerth's excellent investigative piece in The New York Times. A truly free press is our most valuable export, and its reputation should not be undermined by the Bushies' addiction to government propaganda. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )