The politics alluded to in the title involve obfuscating the nasty things done by governments through bureaucratic, convoluted or academic language. Some of th

The politics alluded to in the title involve obfuscating the nasty things done by governments through bureaucratic, convoluted or academic language. Some of the most effective propagande is very clear and direct. Emerging forms of mass communication - from the radio to twitter - lend themselves particularly well to such lies. Unfortunately the belief that power desires to mask itself (out of shame?) sometimes proves naïve.