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Pentagon "Spokesdrone" Does First Press Conference

mthompson — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:28:18 -0700

A sign of things to come? Following on the heels of the "Pentagon pundit" scandal, The Onion offers a glimpse of the Pentagon's future press strategy...

Wanted: Writers for D.C. Tech Lobby Group, Secrecy Mandatory

Stevie Converse — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:36:49 -0700

Don't Fall for Mortgage Infomercials Masquerading as 'News Networks'

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:48:16 -0700

Fox News Airs Altered Photos of New York Times Reporters

Stevie Converse — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:31:58 -0700

Editor's note: To watch the video and see the photos, click here.

McClellan and the Enablers

Timothy Karr — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 06:34:47 -0700

For all the press attention swirling around Scott McClellan's explosive tell-all, there's a brewing back story that's making Katie Couric and Charles Gibson squirm. And they're not alone.

Congress Should Hold Propaganda Hearings

Timothy Karr — Fri, 30 May 2008 11:56:02 -0700

New information about the extent of the government and the mainstream media’s propaganda campaign continue to emerge, and we have not let up on pushing Congress to act.

More than 100,000 Free Press activists and our allies have already urged their members of Congress to launch an investigation into the media's role in spreading pro-war propaganda.

Selling a War

Stevie Converse — Fri, 30 May 2008 08:22:22 -0700

The U.S. House of Representatives has angrily and appropriately lashed out at a Pentagon program that used retired senior military officers as propaganda surrogates to sell the Iraq war.

GAO, Pentagon's IG Investigate Military TV Analysts

Stevie Converse — Fri, 30 May 2008 07:38:10 -0700

The Defense Department's inspector general (IG) as well as the General Accountability Office (GAO) began investigations last week into the Pentagon's private briefings of retired military analysts.

Amendment Targets Embedded-Analyst Program

Stevie Converse — Thu, 29 May 2008 06:02:32 -0700

It looks like the inspector general of the Defense Department and the Government Accountability Office may be joining the Federal Communications Commission in investigating the Bush administration's “embedded analyst” program.

House Aims at Pentagon Propaganda on Iraq War

Stevie Converse — Tue, 27 May 2008 07:57:24 -0700

The House of Representatives moved Thursday to crack down on a Pentagon program that Democrats say planted false and overly optimistic news stories about the Iraq war, using military analysts who appeared regularly on television.

House Votes to Ban Pentagon Propaganda: Networks Still Silent

Stevie Converse — Tue, 27 May 2008 05:06:25 -0700

You probably didn't hear about the House voting to ban Pentagon propaganda last Thursday -- since the television networks have once again conveniently failed to cover the story.

Military Public Relations Effort Faces Inquiry

Stevie Converse — Tue, 27 May 2008 04:41:27 -0700

The Pentagon's internal watchdog is investigating a government public relations effort that relied on retired military officers to defend the administration's Iraq war policies.

DeLauro Fights Use of Retired Generals to Justify Iraq War

Stevie Converse — Tue, 27 May 2008 04:25:02 -0700

Rep. Rosa DeLauro's long-standing frustration about government propaganda has been reactivated by the recent revelation that the Bush administration recruited retired generals and armed them with the administration's pro-war message to deliver on television news shows.

Two Inquiries Set on Pentagon Publicity Effort

Stevie Converse — Tue, 27 May 2008 04:10:44 -0700

The inspector general’s office at the Defense Department announced on Friday that it would investigate a Pentagon public affairs program that sought to transform retired military officers who work as television and radio analysts into “message force multipliers” who could be counted on to echo Bush administration talking points about Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantánamo and terrorism in general.

White House Says Pentagon Propaganda Program Similar to Writing for a 'Liberal Blog'

Stevie Converse — Tue, 20 May 2008 06:24:16 -0700

Earlier this month, the Pentagon released a document dump in response to the New York Times’s expose on its military analyst program.

Iraq Veterans Against War, one Long Island mans account, and the bigger issue of propaganda and censorship in the war

Sun, 18 May 2008 12:35:00 -0700

A censored war, censored veterans, media black
out of Pentagon propaganda "experts" on their payroll and the upcoming
war with Iran. What is the facts? will we ever know?

We start
our story with Joe Everybody, Kristofer Goldsmith,who starts his on
Sept. 11 2001, with rage in his heart, he signed up to protect America

Famed War Reporter Calls Pentagon/Media 'Propaganda' Program Illegal

Stevie Converse — Fri, 16 May 2008 05:32:25 -0700

A Pentagon spokesman, in response to the "media generals" revelations said this week that Donald Rumsfeld had reached out to critics as well, citing Joe Galloway one. Here Galloway responds.

Four-Star Elephant in the (News)room

Stevie Converse — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:28:08 -0700

On the heels of an April 20 New York Times investigative report exposing the hidden relationship between media military analysts and the Pentagon and defense industries, Media Matters for America today exclusively released an accounting of the analysts identified in the Times exposé

Join Us In Minneapolis

headzup — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:32:00 -0700

As many of you already know, Headzup's satirical cartoons have been known to traverse the globe within minutes of publication by being passed from cell phone to cell phone as forwarded picture messages. By carefully crafting our daily cartoons to "fly under the radar" of monopolistic mobile network operators, we are working to establish an early beachhead from which other progressive voices can be heard.

Why Big Media Needs Propaganda to Survive

Stevie Converse — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:09:59 -0700

The mainstream media are as likely to report on Pentagon propaganda — and thus, themselves — as President Bush is likely to cede that “mission accomplished” was poor phrasing. That is, it ain’t ever gonna happen.