Iraq

Iraq PR: Same as it Ever Was

by Diane Farsetta — February 9, 2006 - 11:05am

The PR firm Burson-Marsteller's lobbying unit, BKSH & Associates, "has added the Republic of Iraq to its client roster," reports O'Dwyer's.

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O'Dwyer's PR Daily (sub req'd), February 9, 2006

Mideast Oil Reduction Not Meant Literally

by Laura Miller — February 2, 2006 - 10:58pm

"One day after President Bush vowed to reduce America's dependence on Middle East oil by cutting imports from there 75 percent by 2025, his energy secretary and national economic adviser said Wednesday that the president didn't mean it literally," Knight-Ridder's Kevin Hall reports.

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Knight Ridder, February 1, 2006

Mis-Statements of the Union

by Laura Miller — February 2, 2006 - 7:37pm

Middle East expert and author Stephen Zunes dissected some of George W. Bush's "simplistic formulations" made during the State of the Union (SOTU) address. Bush stated, "there is a difference between responsible criticism that aims for success, and defeatism that refuses to acknowledge anything but failure.

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Foreign Policy in Focus, February 1, 2006

Even Propagandists Need Good PR

by Laura Miller — February 1, 2006 - 2:27am

The Lincoln Group, the PR firm charged with placing U.S. friendly stories in the Iraqi press, has recently created a new staff position: director of media relations. The firm, which was one of three defense contractors awarded a $300 million Pentagon contract to help out with winning the information war, apparently needed help burnishing its own image.

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PR Week, January 27, 2006

'Arab Spring' Fades From the News

by Bob Burton — January 27, 2006 - 10:12pm

The success of Hamas in the Palestinian elections is the latest election result to temper earlier claims by pundits that a spin-off benefit of the invasion of Iraq would be the flowering of Western-friendly Middle East democracies. Numerous columnists pondered on what they dubbed the "Arab spring." "So what happened to the Arab spring?

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Sydney Morning Herald, January 28, 2006

Lincoln Group Focuses on U.S. Media

by Diane Farsetta — January 19, 2006 - 12:12pm

Lincoln Group, the Pentagon contractor recently outed for planting stories in Iraqi newspapers, is boosting its own PR efforts. The firm hired Bill Dixon, "a veteran PR executive," as its new director of media relations. Dixon previously headed media relations for "the powerful DC-area investment ban Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group," and has also managed PR for Google and The Motley Fool.

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

New U.S. Army PR Bypasses MSM

by Diane Farsetta — January 10, 2006 - 6:56pm

"The U.S. Army has hired Manning Selvage & Lee to do outreach to pro-military bloggers," the managing director of Hass MS&L, the firm's Detroit office that focuses on "new media" and the automotive industry, told O'Dwyer's.

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O'Dwyer's PR Daily (sub req'd), January 10, 2006
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