Are you BRAINWASHED by what you hear, read or see in the Media and does it influence your life in any way?
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We are all "brainwashed" from childhood- by parents, kindergarden, school, friends, college, work, and yes,by media.\nWhat do you see/hear/read has been edited to certain level (sometimes to "very far from the truth), but it is your choice to listen to it or shut it down.\nIf some structure will try to brainwash you too strong - you will lose any trust for it and stop using it (example -in Soviet Union was newspaper called "Truth" -  and there was saying that if it is in "truth"- then it must be false).\nPolitcorrectness though is been mastered by media ,however i think that government is not the one to blame.
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i think its becuse of the image of the black society that the television, movies(mass media) is projecting. cant explain it too much. have a bad day. maybe ill try to modify this later or by the time i wake up
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I think that many advertisments are brainwashing techniques and not very helpful at all... while others are offering an excellent product in an informative manner which can be great. \n\np.s. my name was Fatimah A. before I got married and became Fatimah P. neat!
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I was in the military for only 2 1/2 years and I will say this.  Kids out of high school and into the military are grounds for much influence.  Many don't have structure and can be taught easily.  I was older when I went in and much more aware of their mental discipline they attempted to persuade their soldiers with.  But all in all, it was realizing what was taking place.  One can understand how simple it is to mold them to what the government wants.  This is brainwashing.  Its the person receiving this information that needs to decipher the intent and label him/herself as freedom fighter.
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something made up to outrage you? sounds like propaganda to me
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brainwashed\n\n:> peace
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they have been brainwashed by religion to judge others who are not part of their religious ideology
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People, I strongly recommend you see a recent documentary on this from Mike Ruppert "Denial Stops Here". You won't see it in TV or hear about it in the media. The amount of research put into the shocking facts presented are priceless. Another excellent documentary "Outfoxed", about media corruption. Hopefully it will open your eyes to the unimaginable amount of corruption that affects you in every aspect of your life, only to get far worse and more apparent, unfortunately too late.
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Does it ever occur to you that the media has portrayed the world and the events in it falsely, that your opinion is based on lies and garbled information geared to an insane agenda?  Do you really think that such a vast portion of the world's population hates US government because of propaganda by the so-called terrorists and not because of heinous acts of gross TERRORISM committed by the US government and its protectorate TERRORIST state of Israel?
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OMG NO!!!! Mainstream media, be they normally associated as left or right, are a bunch of non informed idiots. \n\nLiars! They are ALL liars! :) They spin it just like the next politician. \n\nPeople please, do not rely on one news source. There are three sides to every story; you side, my side and the truth. \n\nthe moral is, read as much as you can about any given situation from different sources, and draw your own conclusion.\n\n**Believe 1% of what your mother tells you and nothing anyone else tells you.
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very much. how u are brought up and what u are exposed to has a direct effect on your decision making process as your decision making will also be based on your real life experiences
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I think the mind can capture more than our conscious thoughts can understand, like body language, symbolism, discrete metaphors.  It disturbs me that commercial media manipulates the "dumb consumer", and yes I believe that it's an industry standard to manipulate our subconscious into thinking they need to buy products to feel well, look good, and be healthy. It's sad.  An easy way to avoid the trap is to turn off the tv, and try to limit your exposure to unsolicited advertisements.
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Some of them...\n\nBut Americans are being brainwashed, as Mr Nice Guy said. They tend to believe everything the media tells them, without questioning, not realizing that the media isnt really free, its controlled by the government. So much for free speech...
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Why would you assume people are brainwashed? Why would you settle for the easy answer of blaming the media for social woes? Why not think a little harder and not take the easy way out?
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You'll have to figure it out for yourself, you can't persuade people on a topic you are not 100% convinced of.  You can try picking up a newspaper or magazine and reading stories and thinking about your personal opinion and/or choices on what is going on around the world.
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I certainly do not believe you pay enough attention to enough various forms of media. Hilary has done all kinds of offensive things and I have heard about all of everything I have heard of them in the news.
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The Media? hell who knows!! The world definitely isn't what it used to be