Propaganda

Pentagon Briefing Shows Guantanamo's 'Good' Side

by Diane Farsetta — May 19, 2006 - 2:53pm

It must be hard to put the U.S.

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US News & World Report, May 15, 2006

Lincoln Group Work In Iraq "Completely Inept"

by Bob Burton — May 3, 2006 - 6:53am

O'Dwyers PR Daily reports that Bill Dixon and Laurie Adler, who handled PR for the Lincoln Group which gained notoriety for using Pentagon funds to plant news articles in Iraqi newspapers, have jumped ship. Dixon only started with the company in January while Adler served as the company's main spokesman.

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O'Dwyers PR Daily (sub req'd), May 2, 2006

You Say 'Influence,' I Say 'Propaganda'

by Laura Miller — March 28, 2006 - 6:56pm

In an interview with the Washington Post, the Lincoln Group's Paige Craig and Andrew Garfield vaguely discussed the firm's "influence" - not propaganda - work for the U.S. government, with whom they have 12 contracts totaling more than $130 million.

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Washington Post, March 26, 2006

U.S. Military Has No Problem with Propaganda

by Diane Farsetta — March 22, 2006 - 10:42am

The New York Times reports that the U.S. military's review of a PR firm's covert propaganda program in Iraq, led by Rear Adm. Scott Van Buskirk, has been completed but not made public.

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New York Times, March 22, 2006

Pentagon OK's Propaganda for Iraq (and Possibly Elsewhere)

by Diane Farsetta — March 4, 2006 - 1:08pm

Declaring it "within our authorities and responsibilities," the top U.S. general in Iraq, George Casey, announced that the Lincoln Group program that covertly places stories written by U.S.

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Los Angeles Times, March 4, 2006

The Iraq War Sell Job Keeps Unraveling

by Diane Farsetta — March 3, 2006 - 1:51pm

"Two highly classified intelligence reports delivered directly to President Bush before the Iraq war cast doubt on key public assertions made by ...

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National Journal, March 2, 2006

The Devil Is in the Lack of Details: The Defense Department's Media Contracts

by Diane Farsetta — February 21, 2006 - 6:02pm
  • Topics: Democracy, Ethics, Propaganda, Public Relations, U.S. Government, War / Peace

    • Although they've done their best to keep their spinning from public scrutiny, several major incidents have exposed the Bush administration's manipulation of news media: The "sell job" for the invasion of Iraq. Payola pundits Armstrong Williams, Maggie Gallagher and Michael McManus. Stooge "reporter" Jeff Gannon / James Guckert. Video news releases determined to be covert propaganda by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO).

    Rumsfeld: Gee, Propaganda Is Wrong

    by Diane Farsetta — February 21, 2006 - 4:53pm

    In "his most specific comments thus far about the information operations program," U.S.

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    Los Angeles Times, February 18, 2006

    Kucinich Calls for Docs on Iraq War 'Sell Job'

    by Diane Farsetta — February 17, 2006 - 11:56am

    Kucinich addresses the United Nations

    Congressman Dennis Kucinich introduced a Resolution of Inquiry, demanding from the White Hou

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    O'Dwyer's PR Daily (sub req'd), February 17, 2006
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