From Zerohedge:
Given that everyone tends to do Wag the Dog or Argo type stuff, here's to hoping that eventually people will figure out how to turn everything into a reality show before anyone actually gets shot or blown up or even exploited in some way in reality.
But that's unlikely... because then who would pay for the production of the show?
Curious where all that dramatic stock footage of one (or the other) side in the ongoing Egyptian (non-)coup comes from? Apparently quite a bit of it is from repeated takes of the best staged (counter) revolution that Straight-To-YouTube money can buy.
The following clip released by LiveLeak shows a Muslim Brotherhood "demonstration" in Egypt that was specifically staged to get the most dramatic poses, as the actors freeze their poses for the photographers. Injuries and even bloodstains are faked. Which is not to say only the MB is responsible for such drama: what is shown below is a prevalent tactic used across various ideologies and factions around the world to generate sympathy with the naive, gullible and easily influenced "western" audiences who are always willing to accept "reality" at face value.
The take home, if there is one?
Never trust anything you are told or shown, especially when national interests or intelligence agencies are involved and/or providing the funding.
The Muslim Brotherhood: The Best Straight-To-YouTube Actors Money Can Buy?
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Given that everyone tends to do Wag the Dog or Argo type stuff, here's to hoping that eventually people will figure out how to turn everything into a reality show before anyone actually gets shot or blown up or even exploited in some way in reality.
But that's unlikely... because then who would pay for the production of the show?
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