Posted on May 14, 2008 by Joe Loveland
Remember the corps of retired military brass that was deployed by the Pentagon on military contractors’ payrolls to flack for them under the guise of “objective” mainstream news analysis?
Ok, so you probably don’t remember, since the mainstream news media has been too busy covering flag pin compliance, Hannah Montana’s bare back, and the success [...]
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Posted on April 28, 2008 by Mike Keliher
The good folks over the The Uptake have more good info on the NYT article exposing Pentagon PR work and the military analysts who’ve been all over the news media for years.
And an earlier post here lays the foundation.
If you’re not familiar with the Uptake, become so.
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Posted on April 20, 2008 by Mike Keliher
Oh, how I wish I had time and the brain power to really dig in to this piece from the New York Times, a 7,700-word analysis of the current administration’s efforts to use major media outlets to further it’s own agenda. I haven’t even read half of it yet, but I know it bears sharing [...]
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