Propaganda 2011

Propaganda is information or rumors spread to either help or harm has been used for years to change the opinions of people or at least have them leaning toward one particular thing over another. For example, during World War I, many countries used posters as a way to get men to join the army. They would have catchy slogans that made war seem like the best thing in the world. If you were not fighting in the war, then you were just wasting your life away when you could be helping out your country. They came up with posters that appealed to women to make them feel like sending their husband out to fight was okay and they should be happy that their husbands were serving their country.
I think in 2011, propaganda still exists especially in politics. Politicians will give a bad image to voters about their opponents to make themselves look good. This has been going on however since before 2011. Think back to the last presidential election. There were countless numbers of comics and posters portraying President Obama as a monkey or some other animal. Many people were told that President Obama was born in Kenya and there was absolutely no way that he could be running for president in the first place. People actually thought they had copies of his birth certificate which said that he was born in Kenya. Commercials were twisted so that everything he said was negative in one way or another.
Another example of propaganda is however in 2011. The Army commercials. You see them all the time on television. They always talk about the things the army can do for you and talk about how you can become "Army Strong". What they don't exactly tell you is what happens after you finish training, serve your time and come home. Why is it that so many of our veterans can not find jobs and our even homeless on the street after everything they have done for us. Really, they need soldiers so they are tricking people and not necessarily giving them the benefits of becoming a soldier.