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Bill Moyers The Truth about Lies

Bill Moyers The Truth about Lies. Michael Milburn Psychology 335. Questions. What is the public’s reaction to governmental lies? What do you think is the source of these reactions? Does this have any relevance for our discussion of Panama/Haiti? The Politics of Denial ?

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Bill Moyers The Truth about Lies

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  1. Bill MoyersThe Truth about Lies Michael Milburn Psychology 335

  2. Questions • What is the public’s reaction to governmental lies? • What do you think is the source of these reactions? • Does this have any relevance for our discussion of Panama/Haiti? The Politics of Denial? • Is what happened during Vietnam (LBJ and his critics) relevant to current politics? Who is Max Clelland?

  3. Groupthink • Irving Janis (Psychology, Yale Univ.) • A potential problem with cohesive groups • Concurrence-seeking becomes primary goal

  4. Questions • What is the public’s reaction to governmental lies? • What do you think is the source of these reactions? • Does this have any relevance for our discussion of Panama/Haiti? The Politics of Denial? • Is what happened during Vietnam (LBJ and his critics) relevant to current politics? Who is Max Clelland?

  5. Max Clelland • Senator from Georgia • Lost two legs and an arm in Vietnam • Lost Senate race for reelection when Saxby Chambliss questioned his patriotism because • Clelland voted for a successful 1997 amendment to the chemical weapons treaty that removed language barring inspectors from certain countries from being part of United Nations inspection teams in Iraq

  6. Chambliss accused Clelland on at least one occasion of "breaking his oath to protect and defend the Constitution." • As if to emphasize his point, Chambliss even ran a TV ad. The ad associated Cleland with Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein. • "As America faces terrorists and extremist dictators," the announcer said as images of bin Laden and Hussein appear on screen, "Max Clelland runs television ads claiming he has the courage to lead."

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