Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fu... Oh, Sorry, I Get Confused Sometimes

The UK Telegraph has this article on the EU's decision to emulate Tony Blair's spin tactics to influence voters in upcoming Euro referendums in Britain and Sweden:

The document, written in French and entitled An Information and Communication Strategy for the European Union, calls for a pre-emptive use of public relations to promote "the legitimacy, image, and role of the union".

"A true EU communication method cannot be limited to mere diffusion of information: it must give a sense to things and put the EU's actions and policies in perspective," it says.

"If factual, neutral information is necessary, it is not sufficient. Experience shows that information cannot remain neutral because of the constant distortion by the media, intermediaries and other multipliers of opinion."

That damn free media is always such a freakin' nuisance. Why can't people just vote the way we tell them. Boy, If we just had Castro's poll numbers, that'd be swell. Stupid Democracy...

But don't worry Britain, if Captain Euro is any indication, EU propaganda will be ineffective, and perhaps somewhat amusing.

 

Posted by Captain Mojo at July 01, 2002 02:49 PM