In the bizarre world of the twenty-first century where the U.S. and its Western allies
wage wars of empire and transnational corporations pursue economic policies that
transfer money from the poorest nations to the richest individuals in the wealthiest,
the control of knowledge becomes a bigger and bigger issue. As smaller numbers
of wealthy individuals and corporations control most of the “certified” information
we can access, many people are exposed on a daily basis to counterfeit justifications
for malicious military, economic, political, and cultural behaviors. While
there are many troubling issues about George W. Bush’s Iraqi War, one that is rarely
discussed involves concerns about the production, transmission, and reception of