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Anybody who remembers Iron Eagle I-III and Red Dawn knows Hollywood is full of propaganda. Goebbels found that it was difficult to change the movie viewers’ bel
by dobbsbob 13y ago
Anybody who remembers Iron Eagle I-III and Red Dawn knows Hollywood is full of propaganda. Goebbels found that it was difficult to change the movie viewers’ beliefs, but easy to reinforce their prejudices. He preferred entertainment that propped up these preconceptions instead of blatant political messages. Assange has been advocating for nobody to watch this flim after he read the Iranian prejudice in the script and dismissed this as Goebbellian manipulation.
- andreyf 13y agoWhat is the Iranian prejudice?
- dobbsbob 13y agohttp://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/film/julian-assange-says-wikileaks-movie-anti-iran-propaganda/story-e6frg8pf-1226560555359 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/film/julian-assange-say... Basically layers of silly Iran nuclear weapons fiction.
- nkoren 13y agoAccording to a friend of mine who was close to Wikileaks and had some access to this production, the Iran subplot was scrapped completely, and replaced with a still-fictitious but entirely more plausible Tunisia subplot. Which is rumoured to have since been replaced with yet another fictitious and potentially less-plausible Libyan or Syrian subplot, probably on account of American audiences not knowing what Tunisia is...