Weapons of Mass Deception

Weapons of Mass Deception is pejorative expression used by some people to describe U.S. President George W. Bush's claim that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction as justification for the war on Iraq.

The variation Weapons of Mass Distraction has also been used by pundits and satirists. This punning alteration accuses the Bush administration of using the war in Iraq to draw the nation's attention away from other problems, such as the economic recession of 2002. The meaning was later inverted to describe Bush's alleged attempts to divert attention away from the war following a drop in public support for the war.

Book

Weapons of Mass Deception was used as the title of a nonfiction book by Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber. This book focused specifically on the PR tactics and techniques of the Bush administration after the September 11th terrorist attacks.

Music

Weapons of Mass Deception is the fourth studio album of British indie band Dissident Prophet. All tracks produced by Tom Livemore and Andy Jennings. It was independently released in the UK, on their own TAX Records label, on 20 November 2012.

Track listing

  1. "Like Lightning" - 3:48
  2. "Fire, Fire" – 5:20
  3. "Running On The Wheel" – 3:43
  4. "Get Up" – 3:37
  5. "There's A Party Going On Somewhere" – 2:33
  6. "No Time For Foolin' Around" – 2:30
  7. "Weapons of Mass Deception" – 2:27
  8. "Time O' The Signs" – 2:15
  9. "Be Serious" – 4:22
  10. "The Man Behind The Curtain" – 4:09
  11. "Walk Away" – 4:18

Other media

Weapons of Mass Deception was also used as the title of a documentary produced by Danny Schechter which originally aired on HBO.

Also, a popular NPR commentator Connie Rice read her Top Ten Weapons of Mass Distraction on The Tavis Smiley Show, July 14, 2004.

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