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Propaganda Machine "Suspended"

A propaganda program run by the Bush administration we reported on last week has been "suspended" by the Pentagon according to news reports out now.

This program was (is) an abuse of our trust in the media, as these military analysts were presented as "unbiased experts" when in fact they were mouthpieces for the administration. The administration abused their control of military contracts to ensure that these analysts would say what they wanted to say.

While it is good that the Pentagon has suspended the program. That doesn't help the fact that this program helped build support for the Iraq War. And given the impact of that on all of our lives, it means there is still justification for Congress to investigate whether laws were broken by this flimflammery.


Tags: media reform, abuse of power, media and democracy (all tags)


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Completely agree, JB,  and would only change one word in your last sentence, from "still" to "plenty of..." 'justification for Congress to investigate...'

Each of us depends on what we can glean from info sources while our lives stream by and it is critically important that we have the most reliable information possible in order to act intelligently as informed citizens.

We've all got to jump on this with both feet and demand a full, energetic Congressional Investigation into the "media-gov't-industry collusion".

by sslyon on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 03:26:51 PM EST


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