Propaganda

More Journalists On U.S. Government Payroll

by Bob Burton — September 10, 2006 - 2:52am

Ten Miami journalists have been paid by the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB) for their involvement in programs for the anti-Castro propaganda stations, Radio Martí and TV Martí. The OCB is a unit of the the U.S. government-funded Broadcasting Board of Governors. Three of the ten were journalists with El Nuevo Herald.

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Miami Herald, September 8, 2006

Just What Iraq Needs: More Spin

by Diane Farsetta — August 31, 2006 - 10:25am

The U.S.-led military force in Iraq is asking for bids on a two-year, $20 million PR contract. The goal is "to effectively communicate Iraqi government and coalition's goals, and build support among our strategic audiences." The work includes monitoring "Iraqi, pan-Arabic, international and U.S. national and regional markets media in both Arabic and English," including U.S. TV, wire services and newspapers like the New York Times, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times.

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Washington Post, August 31, 2006

Prez Press Room Retrofit Aiming at Message Control?

by Jonathan Rosenblum — August 29, 2006 - 1:37pm

Technological advances in a refurbished White House Press Room open the door (or wall, actually) to daily presidential video news releases, says Professor Robert Thompson of Syracuse University. "The equivalent of press releases could go out without interruption or analysis," Thompson said of the new "video wall" that likely will be added to the press room when it reopens next year.

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The State (South Carolina) August 2, 2006

PsyOps: The Other Middle East Air War

by Diane Farsetta — August 10, 2006 - 11:24am

"Cell phones and land lines across Lebanon have been ringing with automated, recorded messages -- part of a propaganda war being waged along with Israel's assault on Lebanon," reports Associated Press. "The Israeli army has refused to confirm that is is behind the phone calls.

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Associated Press, August 8, 2006

Half of Americans Still Believe In WMDs - They Saw Them on TV

by John Stauber — August 8, 2006 - 7:04pm
  • Topics: Iraq, Media, Propaganda

    • A recent Harris Poll reports found that while “the U.S. and other countries have not found any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, surprisingly more U.S. adults (50%) think that Iraq had such weapons when the U.S. invaded Iraq. This is an increase from 36 percent in February 2005.”

    This is terrible news.

    "Fiasco" Author Says Israel Allows Missile Attacks for PR Purposes

    by John Stauber — August 8, 2006 - 3:36pm

    On his CNN TV program, Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post interviewed Thomas Ricks, the Post's Pentagon reporter and author of the book Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq. Ricks told Kurtz, "One of the things that is going on, according to some U.S.

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    CNN Reliable Sources, August 6, 2006

    Republican Criticizes Bush Over Secret WMD Propaganda

    by John Stauber — August 4, 2006 - 6:19am

    The New York Times reports that "The Republican chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee lashed out at the White House on Thursday, criticizing attempts by the Bush administration to keep secret parts of a report on the role Iraqi exiles played in building the case for war against Iraq. The chairman, Senator Pat Roberts of Kansas ...

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    New York Times, August 4, 2006

    Media Cover For Minister's Rescue

    by Bob Burton — July 31, 2006 - 4:26am

    Federal police have raided the home of a government employee seeking computer and other records indicating whether Ms. Tjanara Goreng had contact with the newspaper, the (NIT).

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    Sydney Morning Herald, July 29, 2006

    The Best War Ever: Lies, Damned Lies and the Mess in Iraq

    by John Stauber — July 26, 2006 - 8:36am
  • Topics: Iraq, Terrorism, Propaganda, War / Peace

    • Exactly three years ago our book Weapons of Mass Deception: The Uses of Propaganda in Bush's War on Iraq was published. Our publisher pitched it this way: "Rampton and Stauber take no prisoners as they reveal - headline by headline, news show by news show, press conference by press conference - the deliberate, aggressive, and highly successful public relations campaign that sold the Iraqi war to the American public.

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