"Edward Said described this wired state in Culture and
Imperialism as taking imperialism where navies could never reach. It is the
ultimate means of social control because it is voluntary, addictive and shrouded
in illusions of personal freedom." "Hollywood has returned to its cold war role,
led by liberals. Ben Affleck's Oscar-winning Argo is the first feature
film so integrated into the propaganda system that its subliminal warning of
Iran's "threat" is offered as Obama is preparing, yet again, to attack Iran.
That Affleck's "true story" of good-guys-vbad- Muslims is as much a fabrication
as Obama's justification for his war plans is lost in PR-managed plaudits. As
the independent critic Andrew O'Hehir points out, Argo is "a propaganda movie in the truest
sense, one that claims to be innocent of all ideology". That is, it debases the
art of film-making to reflect an image of the power it serves."