(« SPOTLIGHT ON THE « INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN RIGHT » « TO FREE » « SOUTH AFRICA » POLITICALLY »)!
-(« MARCHING TO « PRETORIA »)(« :THE INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN RIGHT » AND « SOUTH AFRICA » SINCE THE (1980S)!
(REMINDER OF FACTS AND BASIS):
-ON (SEPTEMBER 11- 1986), « PAT ROBERTSON’S 700 CLUB AIRED A SPECIAL NEWS FEATURE,(« WHO IS THE ANC »)?THE PIECE FEATURED FILM FOOTAGE SHOT AT CLOSE RANGE OF TWO ALLEGED (ANC) ATROCITIES:FURTHERMORE, ONE VICTIM WAS BURNED ALIVE WITH A GASOLINE-FILLED RUBBER TIRE « NECKLACE »;ANOTHER WAS STABBED TO DEATH BY A CROWD OF ATTACKERS.CUT BETWEEN THE VIOLENT SCENES WERE CLIPS OF( ANC) PRESIDENT (« OLIVER TAMBO ») AND (« WINNIE MANDELA ») ADVOCATING ALL-OUT WAR AGAINST THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT.
-(« FOOTAGE BACKED UP BY TWO(2) DOCUMENTARIES IN HIGHER COMMUNICATION TERMS »)!
SUBSEQUENT TO THE (700) CLUB’S AIRING OF THE ATROCITIES SCENES,THE SAME FILM FOOTAGE HAS APPEARED IN AT LEAST TWO DOCUMENTARIES DISTRIBUTED BY INDEPENDENT CHRISTIAN VIDEO PRODUCERS.IN THE SAME TREND, NAMELY IN THE SUMMER OF (1987), »THE KENTUCKY-BASED » ABOUT « FATHER’S BUSINESS », »INC BEGAN » CIRCULATING A VIRULENT HALF-HOUR VIDEO THE ANC:A TIME FOR CANDOR, NARRATED BY PRODUCER « REV RICK SCHMIDT » WHO HELPS REV ROD MC DOUGAL WITH VIDEO PRODUCTION IN THE « PHILIPINES »).MOREOVER, AMONG THE EXPERTS FETURED IS CRAIG WILLIAMSON;HE IS NOT IDENTIFIED BY THE NARRATOR,BUT HE WAS EXPOSED IN (1980) AS A « SOUTH AFRICAN » POLICE INFILTRATOR OF THAT ANTI-APARTHEID MOVEMENT.IN THE SAME WAY, « SCHMIDT » SENT OUT( 5,147) FREE COPIES OF THE VIDEO AFTER ANC PRESIDENT OLIVER TAMBO’S (1987 )MEETING WITH US « SECRETRAY OF STATE « GEORGE SHULTZ ».THE TAPES WENT TO « OPINION LEADERS » AND INCLUDED AN « ACTION KIT » COMPLETE WITH SUGGESTIONS FOR WRITING ONES CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES AND NEWSPAPER EDITORS AND STRATEGIES FOR SPEAKING ON RADIO CALL-IN SHOWS.
-(« THE REEGAN » CONNECTION AND LOBBYING » IN( 1987)!
« SCHMIDT » CLAIMS THAT THE VIDEO TAPES GENERATED (1,355) MAILGRAMS TO FORMER AMERICAN PRESIDENT « RONALD REEGAN » PROTESTING THE « TAMBO-SHUTZ » MEETING.DOWN THE LINE, BY LATE (1987),TED BAEHER,PRESIDENT OF « GOOD NEWS COMMUNICATIONS » IN « ATLANTA »,(GEORGIA) HAD PRODUCED A VERY SIMILAR ONE-HOUR DOCUMENTARY CALLED:(« SOUTH AFRICA »)(« IN THEIR OWN WORDS »AGAIN USING THE IDENTICAL ATROCITY FOOTAGE »)!
-(« PROPAGANDA TECHNIQUES STILL WORKING OUT TODAY »):(« QUICK BACK-AND-FOURTH JUXTAPOSITION OF ATROCITY SCENES »)!
THE GRAPHIC FOOTAGE IS SHOCKING AND HIGHLY DISTURBING.VIEWERS SEE THE BURNING FLESH AND HEAR THE CROWDS RAGE AGAINST THE VICTIMS.CURIOUSLY,IN NONE OF THE VIDEO PRESENTATIONS IS THERE AN IDENTIFICATION OF WHERE THE VIOLENCE TOOK PLACE OR WHO THE PERPETRATORS WERE.INSTEAD,THE MESSAGE IS CONVEYED THROUGH THE »PROPAGANDA TECHNIQUE » OF (« QUICK BACK-AND-FOURTH JUXTAPOSITION OF ATROCITY SCENES » )WITH « CLIPS » OF « ANC LEADERS » SPEAKING JUST TO PORTRAY THEM AS VIOLENT CRIMINALS!COMPARED TO WHAT TOOK PLACE IN « IVORY COAST » IN(2000), WHEN PROUD LEADER « LAURENT GBAGBO » TOOK OVER DEMOCRATICALLY: TWO DAYS LATER OPPOSTION LEADERS IN DISGUISE POINTED OUT A SO CALLED GENOCIDE, WHEN SHOWING MORE THAN (50) PEOPLE WITH BURNING FLESH ON TV, JUST TO PUT THE NEW IVORIAN REGIME IN JEOPARDY, THROUGH A SUBTILE PROPAGANDA MACHINE INTERNATIONALLY!
-IN CONSEQUENCE, (« PROPAGANDA MACHINE ») STILL REMAINS TODAY AN EFFICIENT TOOL IN INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION TERMS!
(FROM THE STAFF)