Propaganda Schemes Against Edward Snowden: The Wealth Of Information

A wealth of information constantly exists in the world around us and continues to be discovered and created as the sciences progress. In fact, it has been estimated that every two days we create as much information as we did from the dawn of civilization up until 2003. Along with this affluence of information it becomes increasingly difficult to distinguish between the different facets of data. Information can be divided into three main sections: knowledge, opinion and propaganda. Knowledge is most conventionally defined as a justified, true belief. An opinion is a view or judgment that is not necessarily based on scientifically proven facts. Propaganda is defined as biased information that is presented in a way to promote or publicize a certain cause. These three forms of information all have their uses and have proven to be dangerous in the
An example of this would be the United States’ propaganda schemes against Edward Snowden. The matter of Edward Snowden’s acts of whistleblowing has caused a great amount of controversy on an international basis. The United States is trying their best to defame and discredit Snowden by slamming him with multiple hypocritical charges such as espionage and treason. Propaganda exists under the criterion that it is designed to modify a person’s political views in a biased method. That is exactly what the U.S. government is doing. They are taking the heat off of their own failures and funneling their own wrongs onto Edward Snowden. Rather than directly addressing the arguments brought forward, representatives of the United States government are attempting to alter the commonwealth’s views on the issue by spreading biased slander. By knowing the effect that governments are trying to have on media and people, it becomes significantly easier for a logical thinker to form intelligent arguments on