Dec 30, 2020

Our Mainstream Commercial News Media and the 'Mighty Wurlitzer' Propaganda Operation

 If you're like me, you've probably been seeing these articles too. Not just on China though — I've been seeing it on Russia too. The following story should at the very least cause one to take such stories with a grain of salt. Especially when the 1st thing our  governments do time and time again against one they've determined to be a political foe is to demonize them. Please bear this in mind, especially when our commercial main stream media talks about the Uyghur “issue” in China. The following is excerpted from the 'Moon of Alabama' political blog.

The 'Mighty Wurlitzer' - How U.S. Financed 'Human Rights' Organizations Create Anti-Chinese Headlines

During my daily skimming of the main stream media I at times detect news items that seem of little public interest but are widely published. These pieces are often suspiciously similar to each other and seem to come from the 'Mighty Wurlitzer':

In 1967 the magazine "Ramparts" ran an expose revealing that the Central Intelligence Agency had been secretly funding and managing a wide range of citizen front groups intended to counter communist influence around the world.
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CIA official Frank Wisner called the operation his "mighty Wurlitzer," on which he could play any propaganda tune.

Today's 'Mighty Wurlitzer' song is played simultaneously by all major outlets:

From the BBC's version: '

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