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Kauai County Council Con

 
Kauai County Council Con

Kauai Council Con (Parts 1 and 2) are unedited video clips that act as a contextualizing reference point for the digital media educational outreach project "Propaganda Confidential." The mission of "Propaganda Confidential" is to increase awareness of how propaganda techniques are used. This awareness will hopefully increase critical thinking skills of observers.

On June 15, 2006 members of the Kauai County Council created and discussed a conspiracy theory by unknown members of the public and called for an investigation to determine who had intentionally altered a government document to make them look bad, and determine if any illegality had occurred in doing so. The council called for an investigation. Subsequent to this council meeting and 10 days prior to the election for Kauai County Council, the Hawaii Attorney General raided the home of retired Kauai Police Chief and a candidate for county council K.C. Lum, and seized computer and digital photo equipment as part of the council requested investigation. Lum lost the election. After a six month investigation the Attorney General returned Lum's equipment and closed the investigation. The investigation revealed the document alteration turned out to be an inadvertent sheet-feed error on the part of a Honolulu based paralegal. Lum had nothing to do with the sheet-feed error. The sheet feed error was apparent to many, but evidently none of those people were members of the Kauai County Council.


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    Disclaimer: The information is presented for educational purposes only.  It is not intended as a substitute for keeping your eyes open and your wits about you (powers of observation, analysis, and the curiosity or need to further research anything mentioned).  All statements have been stated and/or evaluated by someone, and found to be hypothesis. It is recommended that you act on your own recognizance and be aware that providers of all information, intentionally or unintentionally, may be disseminators of  propaganda. It is your job to Observe, Orient, Decide and Act for YOURSELF and repeat as if it is necessary. Some call this process life-long learning in search of wisdom.