Walking around London a few days ago, I saw many Evening Standard (the London local newspaper) posters for their headline story “Saddam Close to A-Bomb”, and later overhearing people talking on the bus confirmed to me that this story has had a clear effect on reassuring people that war is a ‘good thing’. So, when I read an op-ed article by the bulletin of atomic scientists I was really disappointed. Now, I know (I do know) I should realise how easy it is to use propaganda to sway public opinion, but this personal experience gave me the inside-view of how directly it affects individual people’s views. It makes me truly disappointed, especially as I don’t suppose the alternate views expressed by these scientists will get to have anywhere near the same impact as the original scaremongering…
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