Archive for October 6th, 2006
incestuous amplification
We all know that politics is increasingly driven by public relations campaigns and that Bush and his administration are masters of spin. Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber’s recently released book “The Best War Ever: Lies, Damned Lies and the Mess in Iraq” argues that America has been defeated by its own PR machine—a phenomenon [...]
Our Paris
A favorite of every pulp tabloid, insider blog and gossip show, Paris Hilton has achieved pop-cultural ubiquity. No mere celebrity, she has created a public persona outrageously exploitable in the marketplace– a long-legged, cat-walking, air-kissing, drunk-driving designer advertisement.
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