The Obama transition team launched this new web site, Change.gov in order to keep the public informed on the transition team’s decisions and news. They are also soliciting information from the public—so go tell them what you think! I, for one, think that this web site, among other statements that President-elect Obama has made about making government transparent is a fantastic sign of things to come.¹ Take a look at the current White House web site and try to imagine what it’s going to look in the next year—a new generation is what. Given the large amount of importance that online efforts played in the President-elect’s campaign, I think we can expect it to play a large role in his administration.

I’ve seen this quote variously sourced but it goes like this “News is what someone wants suppressed. Everything else is advertising.” I’d like to generalize on that little zinger: information is that which someone wants suppressed–everything else is propaganda. After asking my sociology teacher to show the class “What Barry Says,” a propaganda piece for the left as concerns US imperialism, something occurred to me. It’s really all just propaganda isn’t it? Read more…