Description:We’ve talked about Edward Bernays and we know all about propaganda, but there’s more to media control than corporate advertising. Public opinion and attitudes are shaped through the media we consume, from television and movies to books and music. Join us this week as we explore some of the TV shows and movies that are working to transform your conscious opinions and subconscious mind.
Documentation
Documentation – US defence secretary Robert Gates warns North Korea
Thanks for the comment, Hermann. “Time reference” refers to the time index of the podcast at the time the document is mentioned, not the length of the video linked to. Also there are many, many missing links from these nearly decade-old podcasts. If you know of a place where that exact video has been re-posted in the intervening 8 years please let me know and I will update the link. Otherwise, it is lost to the digital ether.
This may not fill the bill on the missing YouTube link, but classic incredible profound script writing… Network (1976) QUOTES http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074958/quotes
Howard Beale:
“What is finished… is the idea that this great country is dedicated to the freedom and flourishing of every individual in it.
It’s the individual that’s finished.
It’s the single, solitary human being that’s finished. It’s every single one of you out there that’s finished, because this is no longer a nation of independent individuals. It’s a nation of some 200-odd million transistorized, deodorized, whiter-that-white, steel-belted bodies, totally unnecessary as human beings, and as replaceable as piston rods…
Well, the time has come to say, is dehumanization such a bad word. Because good or bad, that’s what is so. The whole world is becoming humanoid – creatures that look human but aren’t. The whole world not just us. We’re just the most advanced country, so we’re getting there first. The whole world’s people are becoming mass-produced, programmed, numbered, insensate things… ”
“whiter-that-white, steel-belted bodies” clarified…
Whitewall tires or white sidewall tires are tires having a stripe or entire sidewall of white rubber. Steel belted whitewall tires were popular in the 1970’s as were cars in general. Cars in those days often demanded a lot of maintenance. Cars often went to the shop for repairs.
Documentation – Brave New World – Film, Litearture and the NWO
Time Reference: 0:55:27 – Here is instead only a 0:08:21 video.
Documentation – Network – The most important speeches
Time Reference: 0:27:32 – This video is unavailable.
Thanks for the comment, Hermann. “Time reference” refers to the time index of the podcast at the time the document is mentioned, not the length of the video linked to. Also there are many, many missing links from these nearly decade-old podcasts. If you know of a place where that exact video has been re-posted in the intervening 8 years please let me know and I will update the link. Otherwise, it is lost to the digital ether.
Thanks for the help. The link has been changed.
This may not fill the bill on the missing YouTube link, but classic incredible profound script writing…
Network (1976) QUOTES
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074958/quotes
Howard Beale:
“What is finished… is the idea that this great country is dedicated to the freedom and flourishing of every individual in it.
It’s the individual that’s finished.
It’s the single, solitary human being that’s finished. It’s every single one of you out there that’s finished, because this is no longer a nation of independent individuals. It’s a nation of some 200-odd million transistorized, deodorized, whiter-that-white, steel-belted bodies, totally unnecessary as human beings, and as replaceable as piston rods…
Well, the time has come to say, is dehumanization such a bad word. Because good or bad, that’s what is so. The whole world is becoming humanoid – creatures that look human but aren’t. The whole world not just us. We’re just the most advanced country, so we’re getting there first. The whole world’s people are becoming mass-produced, programmed, numbered, insensate things… ”
(3 minutes YouTube)It’s the Individual that’s finished.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcpWk2WKhEM
“whiter-that-white, steel-belted bodies” clarified…
Whitewall tires or white sidewall tires are tires having a stripe or entire sidewall of white rubber. Steel belted whitewall tires were popular in the 1970’s as were cars in general. Cars in those days often demanded a lot of maintenance. Cars often went to the shop for repairs.