Iraq

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

Words About "Images"

by Sheldon Rampton — March 22, 2006 - 8:55am

"George Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld actually need the media now more than ever," writes the Columbia Journalism Review's Gal Beckerman. Although the "conventional wisdom ... is that this administration views the press as vampires view garlic," White House criticisms of the media "have become essential to the administration's contention that progress is being made." The effect of this argument, Beckerman writes, is to sugggest that "We're not seeing car bombs ripping entire blocks apart and blowing dozens of Iraqis to bits.

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CJR Daily, March 21, 2006

Lincoln Group: The Little Propaganda Shop that Could

by Diane Farsetta — March 13, 2006 - 2:44pm

The Lincoln Group, whose covert Iraq program was recently OK'd by the Pentagon, "is working to boost economic development in Pakistan." Lincoln is working with former U.S. diplomat Carol Fleming to increase "investments in the country's textile, energy, technology and telecom" industries.

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O'Dwyer's PR Daily (sub req'd), March 9, 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

Oil for Food, Lobbyists, and Corporate Profits

by Bob Burton — February 23, 2006 - 1:55am

Prior to the October 2005 release of Paul Volcker's report on violations of the United Nations' Iraq oil-for-food program, the Australian wheat exporter AWB Limited hired the Washington DC lobbying firm The Cohen Group, which is headed by former U.S. defense secretary William S. Cohen.

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Sydney Morning Herald, February 22 2006

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

The UK and US: Similar Fake News, Iraq Occupations

by Diane Farsetta — February 15, 2006 - 7:17pm

In 2002, the British government "launched a little-known television propaganda service that seems to mimic the U.S. government's deceptive approach to fake news," writes David Miller.

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The Guardian (UK), February 15, 2006
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