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Title: Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon’s Hidden Hand - NYT - PBS Breaks the MSM Blackout
Post by: MB_722 on April 22, 2008, 05:53:37 PM: Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon’s Hidden Hand

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A PENTAGON CAMPAIGN Retired officers have been used to shape terrorism coverage from inside the TV and radio networks.

By DAVID BARSTOW
Published: April 20, 2008

it's fairly long to copy & paste, there are other links to follow. ---> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/washington/20generals.html?_r=2&ei=5090&en=196b27df83cc255c&ex=1366344000&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all&adxnnlx=1208876518-Qp/QHUar+JHDHAazQ6hIYQ&oref=slogin (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/washington/20generals.html?_r=2&ei=5090&en=196b27df83cc255c&ex=1366344000&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all&adxnnlx=1208876518-Qp/QHUar+JHDHAazQ6hIYQ&oref=slogin)

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the propaganda machine. CIA is no better than KGB/FSB
Title: Re: Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon’s Hidden Hand - NYT Article
Post by: MB_722 on April 25, 2008, 11:34:39 PM: PBS breaks ‘media blackout’ of NYT story on Pentagon propaganda.»

On Sunday, The New York Times published an explosive report exposing the Pentagon’s secret campaign to use analysts in order to “generate favorable news coverage of the administration’s wartime performance.” Since that time, TV news organizations have largely been silent on their role in the propaganda. Ari Melber notes that last night, PBS’s Newshour finally broke this blackout, but couldn’t convince the other networks to participate:

JUDY WOODRUFF: And for the record, we invited Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, CBS, ABC and NBC to participate, but they declined our offer or did not respond.

Watch PBS’s segment here:

transcript: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/media/jan-june08/tvgenerals_04-24.html (http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/media/jan-june08/tvgenerals_04-24.html)
Title: Re: Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon’s Hidden Hand - NYT Article
Post by: MB_722 on April 25, 2008, 11:45:26 PM: EXPOSED: Media ignore Pentagon Pundits scandal
Title: Re: Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon’s Hidden Hand - NYT - PBS Breaks the MSM Blackout
Post by: Hugo Chavez on May 17, 2009, 11:04:11 PM: mega crickets :)
Title: Re: Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon’s Hidden Hand - NYT - PBS Breaks the MSM Blackout
Post by: MB_722 on May 17, 2009, 11:07:31 PM: this is old. :D
Title: Re: Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon’s Hidden Hand - NYT - PBS Breaks the MSM Blackout
Post by: Hugo Chavez on May 17, 2009, 11:10:52 PM: mega mega ;D
Title: Re: Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon’s Hidden Hand - NYT - PBS Breaks the MSM Blackout
Post by: Straw Man on May 17, 2009, 11:11:54 PM: I'm pretty sure I heard this on NPR last week but I also thought this was old news in the sense that this story broke a few years ago