Wag the Dog (1997) w/ Ben Norton

<p><em>*I was invited to friend of the show Ben Norton's </em>Multipolarista <em>to discuss </em>Wag the Dog, <em>an excellent, somewhat forgotten political satire of US media and war.*</em></p> <p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">The 1997 Hollywood film "Wag the Dog" perfectly predicted the propaganda tactics the US government and media would use decades later in its wars in Ukraine, Iraq, Syria, Libya, and beyond. In this special joint episode, Multipolarista host Benjamin Norton is joined by Sina Rahmani of The East Is a Podcast to discuss the movie and how shockingly relevant it still is today.<br /> <br /> <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIZFAOtD5rM&t=2953s&ab_channel=Multipolarista"> Video edition available here </a><br /> <br /> Support The East Is a Podcast at</span> <a class= "yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" spellcheck="false" href= "https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqay1nbmdNendYRUhienlSMlFzYnBldWpJbmVPQXxBQ3Jtc0tscEV5d2dHaU4tWjhmOXNMc3dCVXlIdWxDV1NyQ2lrT2dDQnQ1a29CTFlYRmVYbWRYdmtRVExFNm9sMDQ3TjFFMHQtbE1fMXRmajdVYXN6U2dZcmFVMFdHcUdPWVNSUWVnUURpenhHNExPY21lS19NUQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fpatreon.com%2Feast_podcast&v=BIZFAOtD5rM" target="_blank" rel= "nofollow noopener">https://patreon.com/east_podcast</a> <span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"><br /> <br /> Follow Sina at</span> <a class= "yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" spellcheck="false" href= "https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa2dZZ0lvN2ZTOEhEOG52cUxFdEdacGx2THRTQXxBQ3Jtc0tsWkF4SEZvWlhfRFlkZlowb1lCM2c3dThpTkZhQWllQUxXQVhxN0trTy1zZkRjWUNlX2d0c0RnNFQ5OFJMbnJlM2g0TEpZYlVLek9hejFzM2ltekNEMGs2b1N2c01idlNoX3VQVV9SWGtFM0hVMjFBNA&q=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Furorientalist&v=BIZFAOtD5rM" target="_blank" rel= "nofollow noopener">https://twitter.com/urorientalist</a> <span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"><br /> <br /> || Multipolarista<br /> <br /> || Plea