pentagon pundits

Pentagon Finds No Fault in Ties to TV Analysts

Stevie Converse — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:33:24 -0500

Full article: New York Times
David Barstow
A Pentagon public relations program that sought to transform high-profile military analysts into "surrogates" and "message force multipliers" for the Bush administration complied with Defense Department regulations and directives to "inform and educate," the Pentagon's inspector general has concluded after a two-year investigation that relied mostly on interviews with those involved in the scandal.

The Pentagon Pundits: Still a Deafening Silence

Stevie Converse — Tue, 26 May 2009 13:46:26 -0400

Full article: News Corpse
New York Times journalist David Barstow won a Pulitzer Prize for his work exposing the Pentagon's military analyst propaganda program, but no one seemed to notice. And even when the New York Press Club awarded Barstow its Golden Keyboard Award, mainstream TV news editors have yet to book him for an appearance.

DOD Rescinds Report that Found No Evidence of Pundit Propaganda

Stevie Converse — Wed, 13 May 2009 10:24:08 -0400

Full article: Broadcasting & Cable
John Eggerton
The Defense Department's Inspector General's Office rescinded a report that had concluded there was insufficient evidence that the Pentagon's embedded pundit program violated the prohibition on using appropriations for publicity or propaganda. But the DOD also said it would not issue a new report.

Pentagon Rejects Its Own Pundit Program Whitewash

Stevie Converse — Tue, 12 May 2009 10:41:21 -0400

Full article: Center for Media and Democracy
Diane Farsetta
Accountability for the Pentagon pundit program was never likely to come from the Defense Department itself. Now it's up to Congress to demand -- and the Government Accountability Office and the FCC to carry out -- real investigations into the elaborate propaganda campaign to shape public opinion before and during the occupation of Iraq.

New York Times Reporter Wins Pulitzer Prize for Exposing Military's Pro-War Propaganda Media Scam

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 11 May 2009 08:28:28 -0400

Full article: Democracy Now!
In his first national broadcast interview, New York Times reporter David Barstow speaks about his 2009 Pulitzer Prize-winning expose of the Pentagon propaganda campaign to recruit more than seventy-five retired military officers to appear on TV outlets as military analysts ahead of and during the Iraq war.

Post Ignores DOD Inspector General's Repudiation of Report

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 08 May 2009 08:11:48 -0400

Full article: Media Matters for America
The Washington Post has yet to report, in print, that the Defense Department inspector general's office has withdrawn findings exonerating the Bush Pentagon of allegations that it violated regulations in the conduct of its Retired Military Analyst program -- despite originally giving Section A coverage to the findings in January.

David Barstow Says that Pulitzer-Winning 'Generals' Story Has Made a Difference

Stevie Converse — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:30:28 -0400

Full article: Editor & Publisher
Joe Strupp
One year after his blockbuster investigation into the links between retired military commentators and the Pentagon -- which won a Pulitzer Prize -- New York Times journalist David Barstow says the reporting has made a difference, even if the television networks targeted in his coverage have not come clean.

Pulitzer Winners Announced: New York Times Leads Pack

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:30:52 -0400

Full article: Editor & Publisher
Joe Strupp and Greg Mitchell
The 2009 Pulitzer Prizes have been announced, and the New including David Barstow for his reporting on the Pentagon program that uses retired generals as television pundits to promote America's military actions in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Pentagon Pundit Shilling Again for Defense Contractor

Stevie Converse — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:06:36 -0400

Full article: Gawker
Ryan Tate
Fox News analyst Thomas McInerney bizarrely twisted the Somali pirate attack on the Maersk Alabama to cheerlead for a pricey fighter the Obama administration plans to cancel. Is that because he's been paid by a contractor for the plane?

The Generals' Second Careers

Stevie Converse — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:51:01 -0500

Full article: New York Times
Clark Hoyt
The public editor of the New York Times says that the Defense Department's inspector general's report on the Pentagon pundits was a "highly flawed response to an important piece of journalism."