BuzzFeed - Buzz Tagged "propaganda" http://www.buzzfeed.com BuzzFeed, Find Your New Favorite Thing en Copyright 2012 BuzzFeed, Inc. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:22:13 -0500 editor@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) info@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) Is The CIA Spying On Iran With Video Games? http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2012/01/amir_mirzaei_hekmati_is_the_cia_really_spying_on_iran_with_video_games_.html

Is that even possible? Iran certainly thinks so and they are threatening to execute Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, an Iranian-American accused of developing said games.

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]]> http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2012/01/amir_mirzaei_hekmati_is_the_cia_really_spying_on_iran_with_video_games_.html Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:17:07 -0500 <b>Is that even possible?</b> Iran certainly thinks so and they are threatening to execute Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, an Iranian-American accused of developing said games. slate nonadult Social Media Propaganda Posters, Part III http://www.buzzfeed.com/davidshares/even-more-propaganda-posters-by-aaron-wood-part-3caj Aaron Wood is at it again, this time bringing the heat with more propaganda posters. Here is Part I and Part II .

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/davidshares/even-more-propaganda-posters-by-aaron-wood-part-3caj Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:02:08 -0500 <b><a href="https://plus.google.com/114468593663912084118/posts">Aaron Wood</a> is at it again, this time bringing the heat with more propaganda posters. </b>Here is <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/jpmoore/social-network-propaganda-posters">Part I</a> and <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/davidshares/promote-your-favorite-social-network-with-these-vi-3caj">Part II</a>. davidshares nonadult Social Media Propaganda Posters http://www.buzzfeed.com/davidshares/promote-your-favorite-social-network-with-these-vi-3caj Aaron Wood has more posters to add to his social network agit prop that, again, bluntly remind us of our patriotic duties to use Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus. Found via BitShare .

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/davidshares/promote-your-favorite-social-network-with-these-vi-3caj Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:02:07 -0500 <b>Aaron Wood has more posters to add to <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/jpmoore/social-network-propaganda-posters">his social network agit prop</a> that, again, bluntly remind us of our patriotic duties to use Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus.</b> <a href="http://bitshare.tumblr.com/post/12751382662/social-network-propaganda-posters">Found via BitShare</a>. davidshares nonadult Herman Cain&#39;s New Campaign Poster http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrismenning/herman-cains-new-campaign-poster In light of the sexual harassment turned sexual ASSAULT charges against Herman Cain, Ned Hepburn has designed a new campaign poster in the style of Shepard Fairey. Sometimes the easy joke is the right one.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrismenning/herman-cains-new-campaign-poster Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:17:09 -0500 <b>In light of the sexual harassment turned sexual ASSAULT charges against Herman Cain, Ned Hepburn has designed a new campaign poster in the style of Shepard Fairey.</b> Sometimes the easy joke is the right one. chrismenning nonadult #OccupyWallStreet Has A Commercial http://www.buzzfeed.com/provincialelitist/occupywallstreet-has-a-commercial

Do you want to know what the #occupywallstreet protesters really really want? There's a 30-second commercial for that!

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/provincialelitist/occupywallstreet-has-a-commercial Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:17:09 -0400 <b>Do you want to know what the #occupywallstreet protesters really really want?</b> There&#39;s a 30-second commercial for that! provincialelitist nonadult "A Bunch Of Crock" Is Painfully Funny http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrismenning/a-bunch-of-crock-is-painfully-funny You're too dumb to tell what's real and what's not. Besides, what would you do with that information anyway? Change the world or something? Fat chance.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrismenning/a-bunch-of-crock-is-painfully-funny Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:08:00 -0400 <b>You&#39;re too dumb to tell what&#39;s real and what&#39;s not.</b> Besides, what would you do with that information anyway? Change the world or something? Fat chance. chrismenning nonadult nonadult nonadult nonadult nonadult nonadult nonadult nonadult nonadult nonadult nonadult nonadult nonadult Check out the whole exhibit from Safwat Saleem. (via <a href="http://thesociologist.tumblr.com/post/10179327334/canisfamiliaris-american-culture-click-on-any">thesociologist.tumblr.com</a>) nonadult Social Network Propaganda Posters http://www.buzzfeed.com/jpmoore/social-network-propaganda-posters Artist Aaron Wood designed these awesome propaganda posters for some of the biggest social networks. They are awesome and prints are available to order at his etsy store .

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/jpmoore/social-network-propaganda-posters Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:18:48 -0400 <b>Artist <a href="https://plus.google.com/114468593663912084118/posts">Aaron Wood</a> designed these awesome propaganda posters for some of the biggest social networks.</b> They are awesome and prints are available to order at his <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/Justonescarf?ref=si_shop">etsy store</a>. jpmoore nonadult Vintage Captain America Posters http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/vintage-captain-america-posters Artists Olly Moss , Tyler Stout , and Eric Tan created these awesome 1940s propaganda posters for Captain America: The First Avenger . Prints of the posters will be available for purchase from Mondo , who partnered with the Alamo Drafthouse to commission the works.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/vintage-captain-america-posters Wed, 20 Jul 2011 22:02:13 -0400 <b>Artists <a href="http://www.ollymoss.com/index.html">Olly Moss</a>, <a href="http://www.tstout.com/">Tyler Stout</a>, and <a href="http://erictanart.blogspot.com/">Eric Tan</a> created these awesome 1940s propaganda posters for <i>Captain America: The First Avenger</i>.</b> Prints of the posters will be available for purchase from <a href="http://www.mondotees.com/">Mondo</a>, who partnered with the Alamo Drafthouse to commission the works. awesomer nonadult More Levitating Politicians http://www.buzzfeed.com/eixo/more-levitating-politicians-e9k Syrian officials released this photo of President Bashar al-Assad swearing in the new governor of the rebellious Hama province. Apparently Syrian officials have a lot in common with their Chinese government counterparts !

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/eixo/more-levitating-politicians-e9k Fri, 15 Jul 2011 19:02:12 -0400 <b>Syrian officials released this photo of President Bashar al-Assad swearing in the new governor of the rebellious Hama province.</b> Apparently Syrian officials have a lot in common with their <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/pax/three-levitating-chinese-government-officials-ao4">Chinese government counterparts</a>! eixo nonadult Three Levitating Chinese Government Officials http://www.buzzfeed.com/pax/three-levitating-chinese-government-officials-ao4 Levitation, powered by Chinese propaganda. If you look closely at the pixels of this picture, posted on a Chinese county government news site , you can see that there may have been some shenanigans. Add yours! Use the image overlay tool to put these awesome officials on a different background.

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    This appeared in a local government website.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/pax/three-levitating-chinese-government-officials-ao4 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 10:51:50 -0400 <b>Levitation, powered by Chinese propaganda.</b> If you look closely at the pixels of this picture, posted on a Chinese county government <a href="http://nd.oeeee.com/">news site</a>, you can see that there may have been some shenanigans. <b>Add yours! Use the image overlay tool to put these awesome officials on a different background.</b> pax nonadult Which Potato Would You Eat? http://www.buzzfeed.com/craptacular/which-potato-would-you-eat-10co

A little girl's science experiment turns into a lesson about buying local produce.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/craptacular/which-potato-would-you-eat-10co Fri, 24 Jun 2011 02:02:11 -0400 A little girl&#39;s science experiment turns into a lesson about buying local produce. craptacular nonadult The Empire Needs YOU! http://www.buzzfeed.com/somegameguy/the-empire-needs-you-33sc Fresh Star Wars propaganda posters from Szoki . ( Via )

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/somegameguy/the-empire-needs-you-33sc Fri, 20 May 2011 08:02:08 -0400 Fresh Star Wars propaganda posters from <a href="http://www.behance.net/szoki">Szoki</a>. (<a href="http://www.behance.net/gallery/The-Empire-Needs-You/1375087">Via</a>) somegameguy nonadult Anti-Porn Propaganda From The '60s http://www.buzzfeed.com/burnred/anti-pornography-propoganda-from-the-sixties-281t

We're all so doomed.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/burnred/anti-pornography-propoganda-from-the-sixties-281t Sat, 16 Apr 2011 15:02:23 -0400 We&#39;re all so doomed. burnred nonadult Comics For Kids: Ronald Kills Birdie http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/comics-for-kids-ronald-kills-birdie PETA’s new comic for the kiddies is just as fun as you might expect. It stars all those old McDonald's characters from our childhood, having a good old fashioned cannibalistic bloodbath. Seems like the sort of thing that maybe parents are going to get all upset about, but I'm into it. (From PETA , via @ joelrama .)

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/comics-for-kids-ronald-kills-birdie Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:05:19 -0400 <b>PETA&rsquo;s new <a href="http://www.mccruelty.com/RonaldKillsBirdieComic.aspx">comic</a> for the kiddies is just as fun as you might expect.</b> It stars all those old McDonald&#39;s characters from our childhood, having a good old fashioned cannibalistic bloodbath. Seems like the sort of thing that maybe parents are going to get all upset about, but I&#39;m into it. (From <a href="http://www.mccruelty.com/RonaldKillsBirdieComic.aspx">PETA</a>, via @<a href="http://www.twitter.com/joelrama">joelrama</a>.) expresident nonadult Awesome Vintage STD Propaganda Posters http://www.buzzfeed.com/sarahs28/98-of-all-women-have-vd-1yzj Did you know that 98% of all women have V.D.?

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/sarahs28/98-of-all-women-have-vd-1yzj Tue, 12 Apr 2011 10:02:10 -0400 Did you know that 98% of all women have V.D.? sarahs28 nonadult 12 Vintage Style Posters Pointing Out Political Absurdities http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/12-vintage-style-posters-pointing-out-political-ab On second thought, let's not go to D.C. It is a silly place. Using satire as his medium, Safwat Saleem takes quotes and statistics and turns them into dark humor.

  1. Nearly one-in-five (18%) Americans say President Barack Obama is a Muslim. Source: Pew Research Center

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    "I want to be able to say whats on my mind and in my heart and what I think is helpful and useful." - Laura Schlessinger, 63, radio host, announcing her decision to quit her show following complaints over her use of the word nigger 11 times during an on-air phone call

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    "I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else in this country. That includes the right to build a place of worship and a community center on private property in lower Manhattan." - President Barack Obama, August 13, 2010 at a White House Ramadan dinner THE NEXT DAY "I was not commenting and I will not comment on the wisdom of making the decision to put a mosque there. was commenting very specifically on the right people have that dates back to our founding." - President Barack Obama, August 14, 2010

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    "They [illegal immigrants] use it as a wedge. This is an orchestrated effort by them to come here and have children to gain access to the great welfare state we've created." - Sen. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, defending his idea of rewriting the 14th Amendment

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    "I can't really tell you much about it, because it's still an ongoing investigation." - Pete Lee, FBI spokesman, in response to being asked if the FBI was behind placing a GPS tracking device on the car of Yasir Afifi, a 20-year-old U.S.-born citizen of Egyptian origin

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    "Its a flat-out lie. I read my Bible. He made this earth for us to utilize." - Norman Dennison, electrician and founder of the Corydon (Indiana) Tea Party, speaking about climate change

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    "We do not want to be told how to behave in matters of personal safety. We do not want to be forced to wear seat belts or helmets because others think that it is good for us." - Robert Ford, chairman of Massachusetts Freedom First

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    "Carbon dioxide is portrayed as harmful. But there isn't even one study that can be produced that shows that carbon dioxide is a harmful gas... it is a part of earths life cycle. And yet we are being told that we have to reduce this natural substance and reduce the American standard of living." - Rep. Michele Bachmann on the House floor on Earth Day, 2009

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    "Let me assure you, you don't have to have a brown skin to be the victim of officer error, police enforcement error." - Sen. John Huppenthal, R-Chandler, in response to claims that Arizonas SB1070 legislation would lead to racial profiling

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    "Amnesty has to be an important part because there are people who have lived in this country for 20, 30 or 40 years, who have raised children here and pay taxes here and are not citizens." - Arizona Senator, John McCain, May 29, 2003 LATER "I've never supported amnesty." - Arizona Senator, John McCain, Republican primary debate January 5, 2006

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    "When I get on the plane, I got to tell you, if I see people who are in Muslim garb... I get worried. I get nervous." - Juan Williams, former NPR news analyst

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    "Sir, prove to me that you are not working with our enemies. And I know you're not. I'm not accusing you of being an enemy, but that's the way I feel, and I think a lot of Americans will feel that way." - Glenn Beck, conservative news commentator, to Keith Ellison, the first Muslim to be elected to the House of Representatives

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/12-vintage-style-posters-pointing-out-political-ab Tue, 15 Mar 2011 09:02:08 -0400 <b>On second thought, let&#39;s not go to D.C. It is a silly place.</b> Using satire as his medium, <a href="http://abunchofcrock.com/#781845/Posters">Safwat Saleem</a> takes quotes and statistics and turns them into dark humor. donnad nonadult Kim Jong Phil http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/kim-jong-phil Artist Phillip Toledano, working under the conviction that “being an artist is a great deal like being a dictator,” has incorporated himself into a series of Kim Jong Illustrations. Much more over at Kim Jong Phil.com .

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/kim-jong-phil Wed, 02 Feb 2011 10:51:37 -0500 <b>Artist Phillip Toledano, working under the conviction that "being an artist is a great deal like being a dictator," has incorporated himself into a series of Kim Jong Illustrations.</b> Much more over at <a href="http://kimjongphil.com/">Kim Jong Phil.com</a>. gavon nonadult Mickey Mouse Discovers the Government Cartoon Conspiracy Against Glenn Beck http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewrhg/mickey-mouse-discovers-the-government-cartoon-cons-1cr1

Government communists are re-mixing old cartoons to attack Glenn Beck, says Beck. Watch as Mickey finds out.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewrhg/mickey-mouse-discovers-the-government-cartoon-cons-1cr1 Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:32:04 -0400 <b>Government communists are <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/endswell/donald-duck-in-right-wing-radio-duck-3f2">re-mixing old cartoons</a> to attack Glenn Beck,</b> says Beck. Watch as Mickey finds out. andrewrhg nonadult Cat Safety Propaganda http://www.buzzfeed.com/shadowmon/cat-safety-propaganda-15vu

Just in time for Caturday…

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/shadowmon/cat-safety-propaganda-15vu Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:39:00 -0400 Just in time for Caturday... shadowmon nonadult Rejected Gay Superbowl Commercial http://www.buzzfeed.com/eliot/rejected-gay-superbowl-commercial-26q

A commercial for Mancrunch, a new gay dating website, will not be aired during the Superbowl, which would be less weird if CBS hadn't given the OK to a pro-life commercial featuring Tim Tebow.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/eliot/rejected-gay-superbowl-commercial-26q Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:54:34 -0500 A commercial for Mancrunch, a new gay dating website, will not be aired during the Superbowl, which would be less weird if CBS hadn&#39;t given the OK to a <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/tim-tebows-pro-life-super-bowl-ad">pro-life commercial</a> featuring Tim Tebow. eliot nonadult