I came across a few articles recently that speak to how deliberately our perception of the world are manipulated. The first two are rather long. They appeared in separate New Yorker issues. The last two appeared on one of the blogs I read.

The Fixer (abstract only)
Whatever it Takes . . . to make torture cool and acceptable.

The Murdoch Method
Character Assassination of 911 truth seekers

In my mind, this is excellent news. A major policy shift away from the chicken hawks and toward common sense.
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U.N. weapons inspector turned activist on America’s Middle East policy. (recorded January 28)
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