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Noam Chomsky's backpocket classic on wartime propaganda and opinion control begins by asserting two models of democracyone in which the public actively participates, and one in which the public is manipulated and controlled. According to Chomsky, "propaganda is to democracy as the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state," and the mass media is the primary vehicle for delivering propaganda in the United States. From an examination of how Woodrow Wilson's Creel Commission "succeeded, within six months, in turning a pacifist population into a hysterical, war-mongering population," to Bush Sr.'s war on Iraq, Chomsky examines how the mass media and public relations industries have been used as propaganda to generate public support for going to war. Chomsky further touches on how the modern public relations industry has been influenced by Walter Lippmann's theory of "spectator democracy," in which the public is seen as a "bewildered herd" that needs to be directed, not empowered; and how the public relations industry in the United States focuses on "controlling the public mind," and not on informing it. Media Control is an invaluable primer on the secret workings of disinformation in democratic societies. From the Audiobook Download edition.

NOAM CHOMSKY is known throughout the world for his political and philosophical writings as well as for his groundbreaking linguistics work. He has taught at Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1955 and remains one of America's most uncompr...

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Degree program meets demand for data security professionals in Georgia

KENNESAW Ga. (Feb. 10, 2016) The information security and assurance degree atKennesaw State Universitys Michael J. Coles College of Business has been ranked secondnationwide by TheBestSchools.org in its 2016 ranking of online information assurance and security degree programs.

Kennesaw State is the only university in the Southeast to make the list, and the only university in Georgia to offer a Bachelor of Business Administration in Information Security and Assurance. The Coles degree is listed second to Pennsylvania State University in the TheBestSchools.org ranking.

Our ability to deliver high-quality information security and assurance courses has been recognized in a number of ways: national adoption of textbooks written by our faculty, NSA recognition as a center of excellence through multiple cycles and now this ranking, said Traci Carte, chair of the Department of Information Systems at Coles College of Business. We couldnt be more proud of our ISA faculty, alumni, partners and students.

According to TheBestSchools.org, information assurance and security degrees prepare students for jobs in the growing field of data security. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts 18 percent growth for information security analysts from 2014 to 2024, nearly twice the national average, with median wages of $88,890.

The Coles College of Business ISA degree was recognized for its unique blend of technical expertise and managerial acumen. This combination teaches graduates to understand how data security connects with all areas of business, and prepares them to effectively protect business systems.

We are focused on keeping the information security and assurance curriculum at KSU aimed toward the evolving threats faced by current commercial information systems, as well as maintaining the balance between the managerial and technical capabilities in the program curriculum, said Herb Mattord, associate director of the Center for Information Security Education at Coles College of Business. We strive to prepare our students for the ever-changing demands for effective information security professionals needed by the business community.

Students in the Coles College online ISA program graduate ready for careers such as network systems administrator, information security analyst, systems manager, business risk analyst, or compliance analyst. Coursework includes law and ethics, data protection, network security, application and software security, e-commerce defense, cybersecurity and more.

TheBestSchools.org ranking is based on academic excellence, range of courses provided, awards, rankings, faculty strength and reputation.

The National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security have recognized Kennesaw State University as a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education.

For more information or to see the full ranking list, visit:http://www.thebestschools.org/rankings/best-online-bachelors-information-assurance-security-degree-programs/

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Kennesaw State University is the third-largest university in Georgia, offering nearly 150 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees. A member of the University System of Georgia, Kennesaw State is a comprehensive university with more than 33,000 students from over 130 countries. In January 2015, Kennesaw State and Southern Polytechnic State University consolidated to create one of the 50 largest public universities in the country.

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"He is trying to scam America the way he scammed all those people at Trump University," the likely Democratic presidential nominee said at an event Wednesday in Newark, New Jersey.

The attacks Clinton unleashed against Trump are among her sharpest of the campaign -- reflecting a belief that Trump University is a major vulnerability for the presumptive GOP nominee and that Trump is likely to be goaded into a response that would keep the issue alive.

Clinton pointed to documents unsealed by a judge Tuesday in a lawsuit over Trump University.

"His own employees testified that Trump U -- you can't make this up -- that Trump U was a fraudulent scheme where Donald Trump enriched himself at the expense of hard working people," Clinton said.

"Trump and his employees took advantage of vulnerable Americans encouraging them to max out their credit cards, empty their retirement savings, destroy their financial futures, all while making promises they knew were false from the beginning," she said. "This is just more evidence that Donald Trump himself is a fraud. He is trying to scam America the way he scammed all those people at Trump University."

It's the latest attack Clinton has unleashed against Trump after blasting his record on veterans this week and his years-old comments about how he'd profit from the housing crisis last week. She said his actions demonstrate that Trump is "unqualified and unfit" for the presidency.

Tuesday afternoon, Trump's campaign released a video highlighting what it said were former students praising their experiences at Trump University.

"I must tell you that the courses that I took were outstanding," Kent Moyer, one of the students, says in the clip.

The Clinton campaign's criticism of Trump University began with a lengthy attack on Twitter, where Clinton's official account labeled the school a "fraud" and a "scam."

Her shots at Trump University included retweeting 2012 Republican nominee Mitt Romney's assertion that Trump is "is a phony, a fraud. His promises are as worthless as a degree from Trump University."

The school is now defunct and what remains is called the Trump Entrepreneur Initiative.

"Confident that voters don't know enough about Trump U yet. So expect to hear quite a bit more from us on this topic," Clinton campaign communications director Jennifer Palmieri tweeted.

Clinton's press secretary, Brian Fallon, tweeted, "Trump U is devastating because it's metaphor for his whole campaign: promising hardworking Americans way to get ahead, but all based on lies."

In another tweet, Clinton included a warning, saying: "Caution -- may cause nausea."

That was the starting point of a Clinton tweetstorm.

"The gist: Trump's for-profit university deceived & exploited students to take their money," her account tweeted. "And he has the gall to call the media 'sleazy.'"

Then, she tweeted: "Some of Trump University's tactics: push people to take on debt, cash out retirement, max out credit cardswhatever it took to buy classes."

She continued: "Some of Trump University's tactics: push people to take on debt, cash out retirement, max out credit cardswhatever it took to buy classes."

"Another Trump University practice, according to its own employees: target struggling families to fleece them," Clinton tweeted. "Trump University employed instructors with no experience and lied to sell outrageously expensive packages. In a word: fraud."

And, she said, "It's one thing to sell steaks using a name as a marketing ploy. Trump's company intentionally put people at risk."

Then, Clinton's Twitter feed transitioned into a broader attack on Trump -- arguing that "Trump's candidacy is built on his business 'credibility.' But his business record matches his character: His only concern is his own profit."

"The Trump University con says a lot about Trump," Clinton wrote. "If you can't trust him with your personal financeshow can we trust him with our country?"

The Twitter attack from Clinton's account didn't include any comments signed "-H" -- an indicator that the message came from Clinton herself.

For his part, Trump has defended his namesake business school, blaming the judge in the case in a news conference Tuesday.

"I have a judge who is very, very unfair. He knows he's unfair. And I'll win the Trump University case," he said. "I could settle that case. I could have settled it. I just choose not to. In fact, when I ran, they said, 'Why don't you settle up that case?' I don't want to settle the case."

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Has there been a mass murderer in recent history with as much power to change America as Dylann Roof? Roof, who killed nine black churchgoers in Charleston, SC last summer, set off a furious wave of indignation. After witnessing such a horrible, racist crime, the country wanted to take action. Thats understandable. But instead of focusing our energies on the white supremacist cults and ignorance that led Roof to do what he did, the left decided to make his shooting spree all about one thing: the Confederacy.

The Confederate Flag had nothing to do with Roofs murders, of course, but thats somehow where we landed. The issue seemed so tangential that you almost had to wonder if there was something about those murders that the media wanted us to overlook. For instance, Roofs long manifesto, which at times sounded a lot like the whiteness theories coming out of liberal academia. While Roof obviously derived different conclusions from these theories than most progressives, you cant ignore the similarities.

Even today, blacks are subconsciously viewed by White people are lower beings, Roof wrote. They are held to a lower standard in general. This is why they are able to get away with things like obnoxious behavior in public. Because it is expected of them.

Thats not exactly how a professor of white privilege would put it, but the ideological foundation is identical. In his essay, Roof criticizes todays history classes for instilling a subconscious White superiority complex in Whites and an inferiority complex in blacks.

So liberals had a keen interest in avoiding any detailed discussion of Roofs ideas.

Or perhaps they just didnt want Americans to think too deeply about how useless our national background check system was in this instance. Every mass shooting that gets significant television coverage leads to one, predictable thing: a renewed push for gun control. Not even the San Bernardino terrorist attack was exempt. But this one was. Why? Because Roof bought his gun legally, despite the fact that he should have been disqualified through a background check. The system failed, and it proved that liberal gun control does not have the answers they promised.

So they made it all about the Confederate Flag. And its still continuing to this day. Just last week, the University of Louisville announced that a Confederate monument honoring Kentuckians who died in the Civil War would be removed to a more appropriate place. Read: Somewhere no one will ever have to look at it again.

History is a story. We emphasize certain things and we downplay others. Shine a bright enough spotlight on anyone and you can find a justification to vilify them. Out of 44 presidents, not one of them left office without innocent blood on their hands. Shall we really demonize Andrew Jackson for the Trail of Tears while giving JFK a pass for Vietnam? And you can go right on down the line.

Confederate soldiers didnt give their lives to protect the institution of slavery, they died for a principle they believed in the right to oppose federal oppression. And when you realize that, it suddenly becomes clear why todays liberals hate the Confederate Flag so very much.

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Deal Professor The Struggles of Todays Sumner Redstone By STEVEN DAVIDOFF SOLOMON

Twenty years ago, the aging media mogul would have dealt with the situation at Viacom with a decisive, Godfather-like approach.

Her statement about her fathers $40 billion media empire could be a prelude to the dismissal of the companys board and, ultimately, of Philippe P. Dauman.

The Amazon chief, buoyed by record profit, said he bought the newspaper to make it a more powerful publication on a national, and even global, stage.

Buskers at the memorial to John Lennon in Central Park seem to have found a precarious harmony after years of fighting over who got to perform and when.

After leaving the recipe-testing empire last fall, he is starting a new venture focused on cooking methods from around the world.

Mr. Trump angrily listed veterans groups that he said had received $5.6 million in gifts and demanded that journalists credit his act of charity.

The move is the latest twist in the case involving the filmmaker, who is wanted in California over a 1977 conviction for having sex with a 13-year-old girl.

This 83-year-old woman in a leotard came on and stood on her head and sang the national anthem and I said, You know what, Im home.

A federal rule on overtime pay endangers a practice in fields like publishing and movies, where low wages are accepted for a kind of apprenticeship.

News organizations wonder how to avoid a lopsided view of the election race as Donald J. Trump seems to relish airtime, while Hillary Clinton does not.

Many who have sued Gawker said it overstepped the boundaries of privacy, slandered reputations or failed to do adequate reporting before posting articles.

Verizon retreated on some major points and gained tools for paring down its work force in the tentative pact reached with unions representing nearly 40,000 striking workers.

He brought The Defenders, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Beverly Hillbillies to the screen, along with recitals by Vladimir Horowitz.

In banding together, the companys board of directors has sided with chief executive Philippe P. Dauman, who was dismissed from Sumner M. Redstones trust and the board of National Amusements.

Today, few companies can boast that theyve remained loyal to a tagline born in the 1960s, but Nationwide is on your side continues to stand out in a chaotic marketing landscape.

Mr. Modells contributions to the magazine for more than 50 years evoked for readers their everyday vexations.

The East Hampton Star is a 131-year testament to the central role that local, family-owned newspapers can still play.

Until Hulk Hogans successful suit against Gawker Media, Charles J. Harder was mainly known for defending the privacy rights of Hollywood celebrities.

When a television show calls for a car, or anything else, to blow up, Mike Myers finds the best and least dangerous way to make it happen.

Todays quiet maneuvering by the ultrawealthy is very different from and can be more dangerous than the undisguised views of moguls like William Randolph Hearst.

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