Iraq

Lincoln Logs More Propaganda Work in Iraq

by Diane Farsetta — May 24, 2006 - 12:43pm

It was reported previously that Rear Adm. Scott Van Buskirk's review of U.S.

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New York Times, May 24, 2006

Embedded Reporters' Pronouns Aren't the Problem

by Diane Farsetta — May 18, 2006 - 11:19am

A new Indiana University study concludes that "news reports by television reporters embedded with American troops in the early days of the Iraq War found little support for critics who question the journalists' objectivity." However, according to the study's abstra

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Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 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

Neil Young Clobbers the Thought Police

by John Stauber — April 28, 2006 - 12:05pm
  • Topics: Activism, Iraq, Guerrilla Marketing, War / Peace

    • I'm listening to Neil Young's new album, Living With War. It's not my first time; I was lucky enough to be at a private listening last week in California. But now, along with millions of others connected to the Internet, I'm hearing it free of charge through my computer speakers, courtesy of Mr. Young and his absolutely brilliant bunch of guerrilla marketers and movement builders.

    White House Damage Control

    by Laura Miller — March 30, 2006 - 3:16pm

    "Karl Rove, President Bush's chief political adviser, cautioned other White House aides in the summer of 2003 that Bush's 2004 re-election prospects would be severely damaged if it was publicly disclosed that he had been personally warned that a key rationale for going to war had been challenged within the administration," the National Journal's

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    National Journal, March 30, 2006

    As the Worldview Turns

    by Sheldon Rampton — March 29, 2006 - 3:32am

    With public opinion turning against President Bush, the news media may have also reached a "turning point on Iraq," according to Howard Kurtz.

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    Washington Post, March 27, 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
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