Doublespeak
A Component Of Media Propaganda Involving "Deeply Embedded Double Standards In The Reporting Of News".
According To Noam Chomsky, The Media And Public Relations Industry Actively Shape Public Opinion, Working To Present Messages In Line With Their Economic Agenda For The Purposes Of Controlling Of The "Public Mind".
The National Council Of Teachers Of English Doublespeak Award Is An Ironic Tribute To Public Speakers Who Have Perpetuated Language That Is Grossly Deceptive, Evasive, Euphemistic, Confusing, Or Self-Centered.
Propaganda techniques
According To Noam Chomsky, The Media And Public Relations Industry Actively Shape Public Opinion, Working To Present Messages In Line With Their Economic Agenda For The Purposes Of Controlling Of The "Public Mind".
Negative |
Positive |
Firing Of Many Employees | "Downsizing" |
Assassination | "Wet Work" |
Destroy | "Take Out" |
Stalking | "Paparazzi" |
Bombing | "Servicing The Target" |
Warplanes | "Force Packages" |
Strike | "Difficult Exercise In Labor Relations" |
Recession | "Meaningful Downturn In Aggregate Output" |
The National Council Of Teachers Of English Doublespeak Award Is An Ironic Tribute To Public Speakers Who Have Perpetuated Language That Is Grossly Deceptive, Evasive, Euphemistic, Confusing, Or Self-Centered.
2011 | Cherokee Principal Chief Chad Smith |
2010 | Dick Armey |
2009 | Glenn Beck |
2008 | Term: Aspirational Goal |
2007 | Alberto Gonzales |
2006 | President George W. Bush |
2005 | Philip A. Cooney, Chief Of Staff For The White House Council On Environmental Quality |
2004 | The Bush Administration |
2003 | President George W. Bush |
2002 | The New York State Regents |
2001 | The Defense Department |
2000 | The Tobacco Industry |
1999 | National Rifle Association |
1998 | Justice Clarence Thomas |
1997 | President Bill Clinton, Trent Lott, and Newt Gingrich |
1996 | Joe Klein |
1995 | Newt Gingrich |
1994 | Rush Limbaugh |
1993 | Department of Defense |
1992 | President George Bush |
1991 | U.S. Department of Defense |
1990 | President George Bush |
1989 | The Exxon Corporation |
1988 | Secretary of Defense Frank Carlucci, Admiral William Crowe, and Rear Admiral William Fogarty |
1987 | Lt. Col. Oliver North and Rear Admiral John Poindexter |
1986 | Officials of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Morton Thiokol, and Rockwell International |
1985 | The Central Intelligence Agency |
1984 | U.S. State Department |
1983 | President Ronald Reagan |
1982 | Republican National Committee |
1981 | Alexander Haig, Secretary of State |
1980 | President-elect Ronald Reagan |
1979 | The nuclear power industry |
1978 | Earl Clinton Bolton |
1977 | The Pentagon and the Energy Research and Development Administration |
1976 | The State Department |
1975 | Yasir Arafat, PLO Leader |
1974 | Colonel David H. E. Opfer, USAF Press Officer in Cambodia |
Propaganda techniques
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