The latter is one of my favorite movies. But of course it was made long after the War, and just because they made the Bentley character self-aware doesn't mean the actual journalists at the time were.
Remember the Maine. Yellow Journalism. Hell, Hearst. They knew. As long as there have been printing presses, there has been propaganda journalists trying to sell a war and sell some papers at the same time.
Yes. WWII everyone new what it was about. At every level they knew that they were making content to keep up morale and support for the war and war effort.
Somehow, modern journos think they are different than the war propagandists of the past.
They are different.
Theyre worse.
propogandists of hte past probbaly had self respect. these are kamalas of the press
Did the war propagandists of the past understand what they were doing? Of course those at the top did, but did the line reporters?
If not then they are no different: just the "useful idiots" of our day.
Oh, they knew. Did you ever watch MASH? Or Lawrence of Arabia?
The latter is one of my favorite movies. But of course it was made long after the War, and just because they made the Bentley character self-aware doesn't mean the actual journalists at the time were.
Remember the Maine. Yellow Journalism. Hell, Hearst. They knew. As long as there have been printing presses, there has been propaganda journalists trying to sell a war and sell some papers at the same time.
The reporters in MASH the series were pretty much all about propaganda and selling newspapers/tv air time.
Yes. WWII everyone new what it was about. At every level they knew that they were making content to keep up morale and support for the war and war effort.