Fed Plotting to Monitor Critics, Tailor Propaganda!

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Posted on The NewAmerican-By ALEX NEWMAN-On September 27, 2011:

The Federal Reserve is seeking contractors to build a tool that will monitor and analyze blogs, news reports, and social-media chatter about the central bank and its policies, with a goal of being able to use “public relations” strategies to counter the growing barrage of negative publicity. But critics quickly added to the institution’s troubled image as the news spread by lambasting the half-baked scheme as “Orwellian” spying and “intimidation.”

The Fed’s Request for Proposal explains that the institution needs a platform to “monitor billions of conversations” and “identify and reach out to key bloggers and influencers.” Information collected will be used to measure the effectiveness of the central bank’s “public relations” and “communication strategies” — known in laymen’s terms as propaganda operations.   

“There is need for the Communications Group to be timely and proactively aware of the reactions and opinions expressed by the general public as it relates to the Federal Reserve and its actions on a variety of subjects,” the document states. News outlets, Facebook, Twitter, forums, blogs, YouTube, and other social media platforms will all be targeted.

“A system like this is not cheap,” noted The Economic Collapse Blog, which called the Fed’s plan a “very creepy” part of a disturbing trend. “What the ‘authorities’ want is for us to shut up, sit in our homes and act as if nothing wrong is happening. Meanwhile, they seem determined to watch us more closely than ever.”


The system being sought, which the Fed calls a “Sentiment Analysis And Social Media Monitoring Solution,” should be able to gauge the sentiment and tone expressed by the public. And it must be able to gather information from different countries and regions in multiple languages.

“The solution must provide real-time monitoring of relevant conversations,” the Fed demanded, saying it should also be able to offer summaries or overviews of public sentiment on a variety of topics. An “alerting mechanism” that automatically sends out notifications based on a “predefined trigger” must be incorporated in the system, too.

Other demands listed by the central bank include the ability to track the reach and spread of its propaganda, “handle crisis situations,” and identify emerging trends in Fed-related discussions online. The desired system would also be able to differentiate between “influencers versus followers,” and gauge the true impact of specific anti-Fed criticism beyond simply comparing online traffic data generated by a particular source.  



The financial analysis site ZeroHedge, apparently the first media outlet to uncover and expose the scheme, fiercely ridiculed the central bank and its tactics. But it also noted that “the Fed has just entered the counterespionage era and will be monitoring everything written about it anywhere in the world.”



The central bank, however, is not alone. Numerous critics of the plan have compared it to President Obama’s recently unveiled “Attack Watch,” a service for Americans to report negative statements about the administration or its policies. The citizen-snitching operation, as it has been dubbed, also prompted ridicule — but grave concern as well.

And as The New American reported in March, the U.S. military was exposed earlier this year seeking a tool that would allow a single government agent to operate multiple fake social-media characters simultaneously. The objective, similar to the Fed’s desired “solution,” is to monitor critics and influence public opinion through propaganda.  



Analysts said authorities’ growing interest in tracking and manipulating public sentiment expressed online is a sign that the alternative media is becoming increasingly powerful as the “mainstream media” continues to implode. Others said the efforts also appear to be desperate intimidation tactics aimed at quieting the growing wave of public outrage aimed at the Fed, the undeclared wars, and the Obama administration.

Fury over the privately owned central banking system and its policies — multi-trillion-dollar secret bailouts, mass manipulation of markets, wild money printing, resisting a government audit, and more — has been steadily rising for years. Official documents released in 2009 revealed that even the U.S. military was concerned about the growing End the Fed movement.

But according to analysts, it was becoming clear that the central bank and its owners were on the defensive well before news of the coming spying and propaganda operations made headlines. In mid-2009, for instance, the Fed was forced to hire a top lobbyist to defend the cartel’s interests on Capitol Hill.

Experts predict that as the economy and the U.S. dollar continue to tumble, anti-Fed outrage will only intensify. Recent revelations about the central bank’s secret bailouts of foreign firms have certainly not helped its already-poor public image — and analysts say the worse is yet to come.

Proposals and bids from potential suppliers of the secretive “solution” being sought by the Fed are due on September 23. It remains unclear how much the system may cost.  



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http://thenewamerican.com/tech-mainmenu-30/computers/9158-fed-plotting-to-monitor-critics-tailor-propaganda

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I. New Orleans Councilwoman: ‘Remove Anti-Obama Signs on Private Property’

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Posted on Floyd Reports-By Ben Johnson-On September 29, 2011:

A series of anti-Obama signs in New Orleans’ Uptown neighborhood have raised the ire of a local city councilwoman, who promises to exploit “whatever we can use” to have them removed. And former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has personally intervened to try to talk the homeowner, Timothy Reily, into squelching his freedom of speech.

Reily posted three placards expressing his displeasure with the president on his property at the corner of Calhoun and Coralie streets. One depicts Obama as a crybaby, complete with diaper, proclaiming, “It’s Not My Fault.” Rush Limbaugh recently read six pages of headlines featuring Obama blaming the sad state of national affairs on everything from the Arab spring to the Japanese tsunami.

Another portrays Obama in a dunce cap translating the economic maxims of “Obamics 101 into plain English. It includes such phrases as “Progress=”Redistribution of Wealth” and “Stimulus=9.2 percent unemployment.”

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A third states Obama is a puppet of George Soros. Last November, this author noted the Soros-funded Center for American Progress issued a paper encouraging Obama to rule by executive order the same day word leaked that George Soros told a meeting of the Democracy Alliance, “if this president can’t do what we need, it is time to start looking somewhere else.” Obama has since stepped up his use of executive powers and federal regulations.

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The signs have incensed some in Reily’s neighborhood. Maya Rodriguez of WWL-TV reports some of Reily’s neighbors gathered outside his home and complained:

“He wouldn’t do that to [President] Bush, I’m sure. It’s just insulting. It’s insulting,” said C.C. Campbell-Rock. “He’s going to have to take them down.”

“This is nothing put pure racism,” said Raymond Rock. “This is a disgrace.”

Former Mayor Ray Nagin went into the home, apparently to pressure Reily to remove the signs, but thankfully came out empty-handed. (Reily’s refusal will not be remembered as Nagin’s most catastrophic failure.)

Incensed, the Left called out the boys in blue. WWL-TV reports City Council Member Susan Guidry called the police. Guidry, a Democrat who was elected in March 2010 with the endorsement of SEIU Local 21, said she would investigate any grounds that could be used to remove the sign, “perhaps the size of the sign, perhaps the way that it’s erected.” She told the press, “Whatever we can use, we will,” adding as an afterthought, “but of course, we do have to balance that with First Amendment rights.”

Of course.

The president has progressively intensified his war on any expression of disapproval. During the 2008 campaign, Sinclair Broadcasting reported that the Obama campaign pressured its stations not to air an ad tying Obama to Weather Underground terrorist Bill Ayers. He has established multiple ways for citizens to turn in anyone who speaks ill of his far-Left political agenda, from flag@whitehouse.gov to the new Attack Watch. He has engaged in a taxpayer-funded covert propaganda campaign, which Congressman Darrell Issa has said may be illegal, and which employs blogger Tracy Russo to respond to anti-Obama internet postings anonymously or under a pseudonym. Issa is investigating allegations that the Obama administration pressured Ford to pull an anti-stimulus ad from the airwaves and the internet.

Even signs posted on someone’s private property as an expression of the First Amendment are not beyond the reach of the Left’s duly elected thugs.

If the government cannot stifle free speech, it hopes acts of demonization and shame will, hence the empty allegations of “racism.” And no, surely no one would do that to George W. Bush.

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The crybabies on the Left represent the greatest threat to our freedom, whether the First, Second, or Tenth Amendments. America needs more citizens willing to stand up for their beliefs. Apparently the Democrats believe nothing represents a greater threat to their hold on power.”

Source:

http://floydreports.com/new-orleans-councilwoman-ray-nagin-try-to-remove-anti-obama-signs-on-private-property/

II. Church Bullied by Liberal Group to Shut Up or Else!-Posted on Godfather Politics-By THE GODFATHER-On September 29, 2011:

http://godfatherpolitics.com/1207/church-bullied-by-liberal-group-to-shut-up-or-els/

III. Gestapo Tactics against American Churches!-Posted on Godfather Politics-By THE GODFATHER-On September 29, 2011:

http://godfatherpolitics.com/1211/gestapo-tactics-against-american-churches/

IV. Christie labels Obama a ‘bystander in the Oval Office’ dividing the country to ‘achieve re-election’!-Posted on The Daily Caller-By Nicholas Ballasy-On September 28, 2011:

http://dailycaller.com/2011/09/28/christie-labels-obama-a-‘bystander-in-the-oval-office’-dividing-the-country-to-‘achieve-re-election’/

V. Our White House Bully Problem!-Posted on CNSNews.com-By Michelle Malkin-On September 28, 2011:

http://cnsnews.com/blog/michelle-malkin/our-white-house-bully-problem

VI. Report: Ford Pulls Anti-Bailout Ad After Pressure From Obama Admin!-Posted on The Blaze-By Jonathon M. Seidl-On September 27, 2011:

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/report-ford-pulls-anti-bailout-ad-after-pressure-from-obama-admin/

VII. AttackWatch.com Is the Administration's Latest Propaganda Arm!-Posted on Human Events-By  David Limbaugh-On September 18, 2011:

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=46267

VIII. All the President’s High-Paid ‘Engagers’!-Posted on National Review Online-By Michelle Malkin-On July 6, 2011:

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/271151/all-president-s-high-paid-engagers-michelle-malkin

IX. White House uses Twitter to bully critics!-Posted on The Daily Caller-By Rob Bluey-On July  6, 2011:

http://dailycaller.com/2011/07/06/white-house-uses-twitter-to-bully-critics/

X. John Kerry: Media Has ‘Responsibility’ To ‘Not Give Equal Time’ To Tea Party!-Posted on The Blaze-By Jonathon M. Seidl-On August 5, 2011:

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/john-kerry-media-has-responsibility-to-not-give-equal-time-to-tea-party/

XI. Obama Mum on Details From Secret AFL-CIO Meeting!-Posted on The Daily Caller-By Matthew Boyle, The Daily Caller-On August 3, 2011:

http://dailycaller.com/2011/08/03/obama-scant-on-details-from-secret-afl-cio-meeting-critics-bill-it-up-to-more-union-favoritism-from-wh/

XII. Protesters invade NYC Financial District: ‘Demonstrators invoke Mideast rallies, call for end to corporate greed favoring rich’-Posted on MSNBC.com-By msnbc.com staff and news service reports-Updated on September 19, 2011:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44564317/ns/us_news-life/#.ToSKLmA4jHw

XIII. Left preparing street chaos, class warfare: ‘Radicals behind Seattle protests plan 'intimidation' at major NATO, G-8 summits’-Posted on WND.com-By Aaron Klein-On August 1, 2011:

http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=328817

XIV. Soros fingerprints all over protests here, too: ‘Sordid ties of architect who specializes in crisis’!-Posted on WND.com-By Aaron Klein-On September 8, 2011:

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=342905

XV. Government to Monitor Social Networks For “Extremist Propaganda”!-Posted on Prison Planet-By Paul Joseph Watson,
Prison Planet.com-On August 4, 2011:

http://www.prisonplanet.com/government-to-monitor-social-networks-for-extremist-propaganda.html

XVI. The Fed Will Make Sure Obama Wins in 2012!-Posted on CNBC.com-By Patrick Allen, CNBC EMEA Head of News-On April 28, 2011:

http://www.cnbc.com/id/42794512

XVII.  Video: Cain: Blacks 'Brainwashed' Into Supporting Dems!-Posted on Vision to America-On September 29, 2011:

http://visiontoamerica.org/4424/herman-cain-blacks-brainwashed-into-supporting-democrats/

XVIII. Video: Adolf Hitler Would Agree with Dems to Suspend Elections!-Posted on ExposeOabma.com-On September 28, 2011:

http://www.exposeobama.com/2011/09/28/video-rush-adolf-hitler-would-agree-with-dems-to-suspend-elections/

XIX. Warning: The threat of suspended elections is real!-Posted on Canada Free Press-By Judi McLeod-On September 30, 2011:

http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/40802

XX. Video: Rush: 'Barry Soetoro' elected with 'no identity documents': ‘Warns of president's strategy to avoid defeat at polls by suspending election’-Posted on WND.com-On September 30, 2011:

http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=350585

XXI. Video: Savage, Impeach Obama Before He Makes Us the “United Soviet States of America”!-Posted on ExposeObama.com-On September 28, 2011:

http://www.exposeobama.com/2011/09/29/video-savage-impeach-obama-before-he-makes-us-the-united-soviet-states-of-america/

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Is the Fed’s concept of buying $600 billion of Treasuries just a smokescreen?

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What Happened to Free Speech?

http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2010/10/23/what-happened-to-free-speech/

The FCC Should Not Interfere With The Internet!

http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2010/01/13/the-fcc-should-not-interfere-with-the-internet/

Progressive group maps out President Obama’s strategy for next 2 years!

http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2010/11/19/progressive-group-maps-out-president-obama’s-strategy-for-next-2-years/

Is President Obama inciting riots across the US?

http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2011/02/23/is-president-obama-inciting-riots-across-the-us/

What are the costs of crossing the President?

http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2010/04/21/what-are-the-costs-of-crossing-the-president/

Obamanites Get Violent in Support of the Agenda!

http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2010/04/05/obamanites-get-violent-in-support-of-the-agenda/

Is it important to understand the Marxist assault on the foundations of our system?

http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2011/01/27/is-it-important-to-understand-the-marxist-assault-on-the-foundations-of-our-system/

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