{"article":{"id":11553,"heading":"The propaganda war (The Economist)","author":"The Economist","created":"2001-10-10 19:47:50","modified":"2015-12-18 10:15:28","last_modified":"Fri, 18 Dec 2015 17:15:28","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Economist.com | Print Edition\r\n\r\nA:hover {\r\n\tCOLOR: #cc0033\r\n}\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"750\" border=\"0\">\r\n  \r\n  <tr>\r\n  <\/tr><tr>\r\n    <td valign=\"center\" align=\"right\" width=\"601\" bg> <div valign=\"bottom\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/td>\r\n    <td bg><br><\/td><\/tr>\r\n  \r\n  <tr>\r\n    <td width=\"600\">\r\n      <table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"600\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\">\r\n        \r\n        <tr>\r\n          <td width=\"125\"><\/td>\r\n          <td width=\"17\" bg><\/td>\r\n          <td width=\"1\" bg><\/td>\r\n          <td width=\"326\" bg><\/td>\r\n          <td align=\"middle\" width=\"126\"><br> \r\n              <br><br>\r\n          <\/td><td width=\"5\" bg><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/td>\r\n    <td width=\"1\" bg><\/td>\r\n    <td width=\"17\" bg><\/td>\r\n    <td width=\"1\" bg><\/td>\r\n    <td width=\"131\"><\/td><\/tr>\r\n  <tr bg>\r\n    <td colspan=\"5\"><br>\r\n      <table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"599\" border=\"0\">\r\n        \r\n        <tr>\r\n          <td>Tuesday&nbsp;October&nbsp;9th&nbsp;2001<\/td>\r\n          <td align=\"right\">denotes premium \r\n            content | Log \r\n            in | Free \r\n            registration | Help \r\n        <\/td><\/tr><\/table><br><\/td><\/tr><\/table>\r\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"750\" border=\"0\">\r\n  \r\n  <tr>\r\n    <td valign=\"top\" rowspan=\"2\">\r\n      <table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\">\r\n        \r\n        <tr>\r\n          <td width=\"125\" colspan=\"3\"><\/td><\/tr>\r\n        <tr>\r\n          <td width=\"125\" colspan=\"3\"><\/td><\/tr>\r\n        <tr>\r\n          <td width=\"125\" colspan=\"3\"><\/td><\/tr>\r\n        <tr>\r\n          <td width=\"125\" colspan=\"3\"><\/td><\/tr>\r\n        <tr>\r\n          <td width=\"125\" colspan=\"3\"><\/td><\/tr>\r\n        <tr>\r\n          <td width=\"125\" colspan=\"3\"><\/td><\/tr>\r\n        <tr>\r\n          <td width=\"125\" colspan=\"3\"><\/td><\/tr>\r\n        <tr>\r\n          <td width=\"125\" colspan=\"3\"><\/td><\/tr>\r\n        <tr>\r\n          <td width=\"125\" colspan=\"3\"><\/td><\/tr>\r\n        <tr>\r\n          <td width=\"125\" colspan=\"3\"><\/td><\/tr><\/table>\r\n      <table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"125\" border=\"0\">\r\n        \r\n        <tr>\r\n          <td width=\"125\"><\/td><\/tr><\/table><br>\r\n      <table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"125\" border=\"0\">\r\n        \r\n        <tr>\r\n          <td width=\"125\"><\/td><\/tr><\/table><br>\r\n      <table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"125\" border=\"0\">\r\n        \r\n        <tr>\r\n          <td width=\"1\" bg><\/td>\r\n          <td width=\"123\" bg><\/td>\r\n          <td width=\"1\" bg><\/td><\/tr>\r\n        <tr>\r\n          <td width=\"1\" bg><\/td>\r\n          <td width=\"123\" bg><br><br><br><\/td>\r\n          <td width=\"1\" bg><\/td><\/tr>\r\n        <tr>\r\n          <td width=\"1\" bg><\/td>\r\n          <td width=\"3\"><\/td>\r\n          <td width=\"117\" bg>Articles by \r\n            subject<br>Backgrounders<br>Surveys<br>Internet \r\n            guide<br><br><\/td>\r\n          <td width=\"3\"><\/td>\r\n          <td width=\"1\" bg><\/td><\/tr>\r\n        <tr>\r\n          <td width=\"1\" bg><\/td>\r\n          <td width=\"123\" bg><\/td>\r\n          <td width=\"1\" bg><\/td><\/tr><\/table><br>\r\n      <table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"125\" border=\"0\">\r\n        \r\n        <tr>\r\n          <td bg>\r\n            <table cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"125\" border=\"0\">\r\n              \r\n              <tr>\r\n                <td bg><br><br>Full \r\n                  contents<br>Subscriptions<br><br><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/table><br>\r\n      <table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"125\" border=\"0\">\r\n        \r\n        <tr>\r\n          <td width=\"1\" bg><\/td>\r\n          <td width=\"123\" bg><\/td>\r\n          <td width=\"1\" bg><\/td><\/tr>\r\n        <tr>\r\n          <td width=\"1\" bg><\/td>\r\n          <td width=\"123\" bg><br><br><br><\/td>\r\n          <td width=\"1\" bg><\/td><\/tr>\r\n        <tr>\r\n          <td width=\"1\" bg><\/td>\r\n          <td width=\"3\"><\/td>\r\n          <td width=\"117\" bg><b>Global \r\n            Executive<\/b><br>with \r\n            Whitehead Mann<br><br>Career \r\n            guidance, personalised advice, job postings and more. 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