How propaganda poisons the mind - and our discourse - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com

How propaganda poisons the mind - and our discourse - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com: "Last week, on January 3, The Guardian published a scathing Op-Ed by James Richardson blaming WikiLeaks for endangering the life of Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of the democratic opposition in Zimbabwe. Richardson -- a GOP operative, contributor to RedState.com, and a for-hire corporate spokesman -- pointed to a cable published by WikiLeaks in which American diplomats revealed that Tsvangirai, while publicly opposing American sanctions on his country, had privately urged their continuation as a means of weakening the Mugabe regime: an act likely to be deemed to be treasonous in that country, for obvious reasons. By publishing this cable, 'WikiLeaks may have committed its own collateral murder,' Richardson wrote. He added: 'WikiLeaks ought to leave international relations to those who understand it – at least to those who understand the value of a life.'"