
Episode 14 • • 19:34 - 21:44
14: Neelis Kroes Is Hot
US Information Agency, Propaganda and Internet Jamming
Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is quoted regarding the need for the U.S. Information Agency to expand its propaganda efforts into the digital realm through blogs and internet dissemination. This leads to a theoretical discussion on the technical difficulty of "jamming" internet downloads compared to traditional radio broadcasts like Voice of America. The concept of a company that could intercept and alter data streams is briefly explored.
