http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_operations Psychological Operations (PSYOP, PSYOPS), are techniques used by military and police forces to influence a target audience's emotions, motives, objective reasoning, and behavior. Target audiences can be governments, organizations, groups, and individuals, and are used in order to induce confessions, or reinforce attitudes and behaviors favorable to the originator's objectives. These are sometimes combined with black operations or false flag tactics. Behind Analysts, the Pentagon’s Hidden Hand http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/w...l?_r=3&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin (11 Pages) Excerpts The Military Industrial Complex Sick crap in my opinion. Reading this article will make you want to never watch the news again. Btw, Everyone still voting for the establishment candidates?
This is real and powerful, certainly not any black magic. When I attended behavorial science classes, the lecturer was telling us he can make us do what he wants. It is all a complex maze of subtle signals and manipulations which would be invisible except to another behavorial expert. What guerilla had pointed out is extremely possible. One additional point to note is that those who were subjected to behavorial influence more likely than not do not know that they are being made use of in the first place. To use such tactics on your own civilians smacks of misuse of powers at the very least.
Many things around us influence people's minds, emotions, motives, objective reasoning, and behavior. Both for good and the bad. Beautiful women, funny comedians, advertisements, cute babies etc etc Just a random thought.
Some follow up on this, Media's refusal to address the NYT's "military analyst" story continues http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/04/22/analysts/index.html Excerpt -- Interview with Aaron Brown on NYT "military analyst" story http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/04/23/brown/index.html Excerpt --
Well, I already stopped watching TV 12 months back. I find my views more influenced by my own ideas and history research than anything. Back before I ended my long affair with FNC starting in 2001 I used to sit down every day for Bill O. I usually skipped Sean and Alan - however after I moved in 2002 I watched them as well. By 2004, for my first election... I voted Bush. Because they did not have any other candidate but Kerry on the ballot - I wanted to vote Libertarian. Throughout 05 to 07 I ripped the pundits when I watched. Cracking myself up just making fun of them, and their so called reporting style. I finally ended watching it about a year ago - and I haven't turned on my TV for that crap since. It is psyops and blatantly so. I watched them spew out propaganda. All of them. CNN, MSNBC, and FNC - and did you know that CNN and FNC are owned by Neo-Cons? That's right. What liberal media? NBC? Ha! I want some libertarian media, which has an apatholitical view of things, and maybe one opinion show at 9pm. Other than that, 100% facts, no opinions but caller opinions.