Comments on: Pentagon Used Military Analysts to Deliver Message

by: Dem02020

Mon, 05 May 2008 18:35:31 +0000

This NPR article, by David Folenflik, is written with an extraordinary care, to spin the matter and give a you a skewed impression of what’s wrong here.

Please note these important and truthful points in the article [with an ALL CAPS emphasis added]:

“Others had an even stronger reason to want to be able to boast of access to Pentagon officials — THEY WORKED FOR, OR ON BEHALF OF, MILITARY CONTRACTORS. CNN last year dropped one analyst after belatedly discovering his work for a CONTRACTOR, included bidding on a MULTIBILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT.”

“[Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Don Shepperd, CNN CONSULTANT] Shepperd, who has also had MILITARY CONTRACTORS as CLIENTS, declined to be interviewed, as did officials for CNN and every other major television news outlet.”

“[Retired Army Gen. Robery Scales and Fox News Channel analyst, and also a consultant for NPR from 2003 to 2004] Scales’ work for DEFENSE CONTRACTORS has rarely been mentioned on our [NPR’s] air.”

And also, please note this:

“…former Army Maj. Gen. John Batiste… although he was a commentator for CBS News for a time, he did not get invited to the Pentagon briefing sessions. (CBS dropped Batiste after he appeared in an anti-Bush ad… Batiste says …that he does no MILITARY CONTRACTING or other work directly related to the DEFENSE INDUSTRY)”

As you can see from the points I quoted (and the EMPHASIS given), the crux of the matter is about MILITARY CONTRACTORS and DEFENSE INDUSTRY LOBBYISTS being used on television and radio broadcasts, to sell the American People the invasion and occupation of Iraq, under the guise of being “military analysts”.

Again, DEFENSE INDUSTRY LOBBYISTS being promoted by broadcasters as “military analysts”.

That’s the story.

Never mind the somewhat innocent matters of propaganda, or of Pentagon spokespersons appearing on television… that’s nothing compared to DEFENSE LOBBYISTS disguised as “military analysts” promoting Iraq and defense spending, on the Public Airwaves.

The title of this cleverly written NPR article (and NPR are themselves involed in this conflict of interest, so why should we expect them to report honestly about it?)… the title should be:

“MILITARY CONTRACTORS Used DEFENSE LOBBYISTS To Deliver Message”

…as opposed to the somewhat innocuous (if you read and consider it carefully):

“Pentagon Used Military Analysts To Deliver Message”

by: Teddi Curtis

Sat, 03 May 2008 19:08:01 +0000

NPR is guilty of propaganda against the state, as are the other media outlets who paid “experts” to speak the party line. Pravda was criticized for this for half a century by these same hypocrits. We have an entire industry going the same thing and we are fed mealy mouthed “I didn’t know’s” by our “intelligencia”!? NOT!
I want someone to go to jail for aiding and abetting the illegal war in Iraq! (And Judith Miller doesn’t count. She didn’t go to jail for leading the train to destruction. She went to jail to protect her lying source!)

by: ed kriner

Sat, 03 May 2008 16:57:56 +0000

NPR has done more than its’ “fair share” in this matter. NPR helped create the echo chamber, they helped create the liberal-hawk, they have never had any analyst that opposed the war from the start on moral/legal grounds, they used paid consultants, they are engaged in propagandizing the American people even as we speak.

NPR is as guilty as the reat of the MSM in duping the American people.

by: Mike

Sat, 03 May 2008 00:10:16 +0000

As a combat veteran of the Vietnam war, it pained me to see these officers (mostly) lying to the american people. Most of these clowns are pathological liars and killers. They love war. Imagine a grown man/women committing genocide against innocent and defenseless people because some racist idiot like Bush told them so.

Their was no excuse for the military to follow illegal and immoral orders to committ genocide against the Iraqi’s. Bush is a war criminal and should stand trial as such.

Lying propagandist from the white house, congress, media and the military. Can you say Fascim! We are their.