U.S. military

A Year on, Reuters Cameraman Still Held by U.S. Army

Stevie Converse — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:43:24 -0400

Full article: Reuters
Michael Christie
Neither freelance TV cameraman and photographer Ibrahim Jassam and his family nor global news agency Reuters, which employed him, have been told exactly why he has been detained for a year by U.S. military forces in Iraq.

Army Used Profiles to Reject Reporters

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:58:04 -0400

Full article: Stars and Stripes
Leo Shane III
The secret profiles commissioned by the Pentagon to rate the work of journalists reporting from Afghanistan were used by military officials to deny disfavored reporters access to American fighting units or otherwise influence their coverage as recently as 2008, an Army official acknowledged.

Military Terminates Rendon Contract

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:07:01 -0400

Full article: Stars and Stripes
Kevin Baron
The U.S. military is canceling its contract with a controversial private firm that was producing background profiles of journalists seeking to cover the war that graded their past work as positive, negative or neutral.

Military May Ban Twitter, Facebook as Security ‘Headaches’

Stevie Converse — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:05:17 -0400

Full article: Wired
Noah Shachtman
The U.S. military is strongly considering a near-total ban on Twitter, Facebook, and all other social networking sites throughout the Department of Defense.

U.S. Military Frees Iraqi Cameraman

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:06:20 -0400

Full article: Committee to Protect Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomed the release of an Associated Press cameraman who had been held by U.S. forces in Iraq for nearly three months without charge, but it expressed alarm over the U.S. military's continuing practice of detaining journalists without charge in Iraq.

Reuters Seeks Evidence on Cameraman Held in Iraq

Stevie Converse — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:02:25 -0400

Full article: Reuters
Dean Yates
Reuters urged the U.S. military to immediately release an Iraqi cameraman working for the news organization or to publicly produce evidence to justify his detention.

Fox News STILL Featuring Pentagon Pundits

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:07:54 -0400

Full article: Huffington Post
Josh Silver

Instruments of War

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:54:27 -0400

Full article: National Public Radio

Pentagon Propaganda: So Much Worse Than We Thought

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:38:15 -0400

Full article: PR Watch
John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton

TV's Response to Pentagon Propaganda? Never Happened

Holiday Shapiro — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:53:29 -0400

Full article: Huffington Post
Josh Silver