Propaganda

Embedded Only While In Bed with the U.S. Government

by Judith Siers-Poisson — October 24, 2006 - 3:33pm

Apparently the U.S. government is only in favor of embedded reporters when it serves its own purposes.

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San Jos̩ Mercury News, October 20, 2006

Energy Economics 101 for Nuclear Industry's Patrick Moore

by Bob Burton — October 22, 2006 - 2:15pm

In an interview with the Toronto Star, veteran energy policy analyst Amory Lovins said that he had spoken with former Greenpeace co-founder turned nuclear power promoter Patrick Moore and concluded that "he's not well informed about energy alternatives." Earlier this year, the Nuclear Energy Institute established a front group, the

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Toronto Star (Canada), October 22, 2006

Stymied by Their Own Spin

by Judith Siers-Poisson — October 4, 2006 - 9:10am

The Bush Administration has been a little too effective with its propaganda for their own purposes. After deciding that more than 120 detainees at the Guantánamo detention camp are eligible for transfer or release, it is proving difficult to identify countries willing to take them.

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NPR's Morning Edition, October 4, 2006

The Thai Junta's PR Coup: Women, Smiles and Free Markets

by Diane Farsetta — September 29, 2006 - 9:58am

Khongkran reporting (image via AP)

Thawinan Khongkran, a former beauty queen and public relations staffer at an army-owned television station, is the new spokesperson for the military officials who took power in Thailand recently. "I consider it an honor," she told AP.

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Associated Press, September 26, 2006

Incompetent Liars? Here's $6.2 Million

by Diane Farsetta — September 26, 2006 - 1:02pm

Lincoln Group, the PR firm that covertly placed U.S. military-written stories in Iraqi newspapers and has been called "amateurish" by former associates, has won a new two-year, $6.2 million Pentagon contract. Additional requests from Washington DC could increase the value of the contract up to $20 million total.

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O'Dwyer's PR Daily (sub req'd), September 26, 2006

Glock Shock in Iraq (Or, What the Lincoln Group Did Last Year With Your $19 Million)

by Jonathan Rosenblum — September 20, 2006 - 8:26am

Willem Marx, a recent graduate from Oxford, dreamed of becoming a foreign correspondent. He applied for an internship in which he would "pitch story ideas" and "interact with the local media" in Iraq. That's how the U.S. government-funded Lincoln Group advertised it. Sent off to Baghdad with virtually no training, Marx was soon packing a loaded Glock and helping buy good press for America--$3 million in cash in his apartment safe and another $16 million coming for "news," PR and advertising.

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Harper's, September 2006

Everybody's Doing It: Even More Journalists on U.S. Government Payroll

by Diane Farsetta — September 18, 2006 - 11:20am

El Nuevo Herald, the Spanish-language newspaper owned by the Miami Herald's corporate parent, has been receiving negative attention lately. Two of its reporters and one freelancer were among 10 Miami journalists secretly paid by the U.S. government for appearances on the anti-Castro Radio Marti and TV Marti.

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Miami Herald, September 14, 2006
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