Shocker: More revelations about Pentagon's illegal propaganda campaign

Shocker: More revelations about Pentagon's illegal propaganda campaign
by GregMitch
Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:18:42 AM PDT

The Pentagon, earlier this week, released dozens of documents that Barstow forced out by his inquiries, including transcripts of some of the meetings with the "media generals" (who are further compromised by working for companies with defense contracts) and even some audio. Greenwald, yesterday and today, has been going through some of it and offering some startling quotes about the collaboration.

Today, he studies at length one January 2005 internal document (link below), which he then helpfully summarizes, with direct quotes, this way: "So the Pentagon would maintain a team of 'military analysts' who reliably 'carry their water' -- yet who were presented as independent analysts by the television and cable networks. By feeding only those pro-Government sources key information and giving them access -- even before responding to the press -- only those handpicked analysts would be valuable to the networks, and that, in turn, would ensure that only pro-Government sources were heard from.

"Meanwhile, the 'less reliably friendly' ones -- frozen out by the Pentagon -- would be 'weeded out' by the networks. The pro-Government military analysts would do what they were told because the Pentagon was 'their bread and butter.' These Pentagon-controlled analysts were used by the networks not only to comment on military matters -- and to do so almost always unchallenged -- but also even to shape and mold the networks' coverage choices.

more at:
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/5/10/111114/015/413/513190

I hate these people!

"Maybe we should have looked more closely". . .

"really nice guys"

This is standard operating procedure throughout the media. Couple this with Big Business buying laws through the http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=6990">American Legislative Exchange Council, and the Right is in control of the government, and The People, no matter who is elected.

:kick:

is another must-read. Scroll down below the first one at the link.

The details in these stories are what really bring it to life.

Greenwald shows how this scandal is just as bad, if not worse, than the Judith Miller scandal.

Who can forget that day, when Rumsfeld, and other big brass Centcom in tow, hijacked the Sunday morning talk shows and fired off their explicitly hostile warnings to the arm-chair generals? In those first few days, a few apparently hadn't gotten the memo yet and were actually critical of the food, water and other supply shortages and questioned the the troop strength from the beginning, etc.

We knew then that we would never hear an honest analysis of anything after that day.

former General that was not a RWing shill. Gen. Wes Clark

Thanks for the thread, kpete.

fancy that.