Censorship and Propaganda in the Gulf War - An Analysis of the Methods used for Censorship and Propaganda.
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Censorship and Propaganda in the Gulf War An Analysis of the Methods used for Censorship and Propaganda By Yoben Brown Table of Contents 1. Introduction...........................................................................................3 2. Discussion.............................................................................................3 2.1 Censorship......................................................................................3 2.1.1 Censorship Through Limited Access................................3 2.1.2 Censorship by Delay.........................................................4 2.1.3 Censorship Through Misinformation................................4 2.1.4 Censorship Control of Information....................................5 2.2 Propaganda.....................................................................................7 2.2.1 Hill & Knowlton................................................................7 3. Conclusion............................................................................................8 4. References............................................................................................9 1.Introduction The nations involved in the Gulf War in 1991 all utilised methods of censorship and propaganda to control the flow of information to their public. This report shall explore these methods and try to provide examples to show how they affected the ability of the press to provide information to the public. 2.Discussion 2.1 Censorship 2.1.1 Censorship Through Limited Access The first difficulty for the press in covering the war was actually getting to Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia did not have any American reporters in the country when the invasion of Kuwait occurred. The Saudis were not eager to change the situation. The U.S. had to use persuasion to get...

