Iraq War
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New Study Calls Pentagon’s ‘Embedded’ Media Program an Iraq ‘Victory’ for Bush
Posted by Huffington Post on 15 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Iraq War
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By Greg Mitchell, The Huffington Post Sociologist Andrew M. Lindner describes what is billed as the only sociological study to date of the substantive content of media coverage during the first six weeks of the Iraq war. |
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Fmr. Military Intelligence Officer Reveals US Listed Palestine Hotel in Baghdad as Target Prior to Killing of Two Journalists in 2003
Posted by Democracy Now on 14 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Iraq War, U.S. Military
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By Democracy Now Army Sgt. Adrienne Kinne (Ret.) reveals she saw secret US military documents that listed the hotel as a possible target. |
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Time Magazine Advocates invading Burma
Posted by Huffington Post on 12 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Time Magazine, War Watch, Iraq War
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By Ben Cohen, Huffington Post For Time magazine’s World Editor Romesh Ratnesar, two failed wars in Afghanistan and Iraq aren’t enough to dissuade him from invading another country. |
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‘Deafening’ Silence on Analyst Story
Posted by Politico on 09 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Iraq War
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By Michael Calderone and Avi Zenilman, Politico David Barstow’s investigation of the Pentagon’s use of ex-military pundits to parrot Defense Department talking points on the air has been noticeably absent from television airwaves. |
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Memo to the Media: Have You Hosted the Person Who Told Rumsfeld, ‘You Are Our Leader’?
Posted by Media Matters on 08 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Pentagon, Iraq War
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By Media Matters Following the publication of the April 20 New York Times front-page article on the hidden ties between media military analysts and the Pentagon, the Department of Defense has released to the public numerous documents regarding the analyst program. |
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FCC Asked to Probe TV ‘Surrogates’
Posted by Variety.com on 07 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, FCC, Iraq War
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By Daniel Kimmel, Variety Top lawmakers blast retired military analysts. |
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Media Killings Show Journalism as ‘Perilous as Ever’ in Iraq
Posted by International Federation of Journalists on 06 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Middle East, Iraq War
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By IFJ The International Federation of Journalists has warned that the killing of a freelance reporter in a kidnap attempt yesterday reveals that the situation for media workers in Iraq remains as perilous as ever. |
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Straight shooters: The commentators that have shaped public opinion on Iraq?
Posted by The Independent on 05 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Obama, Hillary, Iraq War, McCain
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By The Independent Ahead of its report on The Power of the Commentariat, Charles Burgess and Stephen Fleming of Editorial Intelligence look at the national UK newspaper commentators who have shaped public opinion on the biggest question of all - Iraq |
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Pentagon Used Military Analysts to Deliver Message
Posted by NPR on 02 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Iraq War
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By David Folkenflik, NPR When news networks seek to explain how things are going in Iraq, they often interview their own paid consultants - a cadre of retired military officers conferring expertise and credibility on their television employers. |
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Sami al-Hajj hits out at US captors
Posted by Aljazeera on 02 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Media Freedom, Iraq War, Human Rights
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By Aljazeera Al Jazeera cameraman Sami al-Hajj has hit out at the US treatment of detainees at the Guantanamo Bay military prison where he was held for nearly six and a half years. |
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Pentagon Pundit Scandal Broke the Law
Posted by PR Watch on 30 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: Commentary, Iraq War, U.S. Military, propaganda
The Pentagon military analyst program unveiled in last week’s expose by David Barstow in the New York Times was not just unethical but illegal. It violates, for starters, specific restrictions that Congress has been placing in its annual appropriation bills every year since 1951.
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FOX EXPOSED: The Pentagon is Alright!
Posted by MediaChannel on 29 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: Fox News, VIDEO, Pentagon, Iraq War, U.S. Military, propaganda
Networks like Fox News are still parading Pentagon Pundits on air — without mentioning their role in the Defense Department’s propaganda campaign. Tell your senator to launch an investigation now.
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CBS’ Butler Says He isn’t sure who kidnapped him in Iraq
Posted by AP on 29 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, CBS, Journalism, Middle East, Iraq War
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By David Bauder, AP Richard Butler said he believes he was kidnapped in Iraq by policemen with sympathies toward the Hezbollah but isn’t entirely sure who held him captive or why. |
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Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report
Posted by Huffington Post on 28 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, Fox News, CNN, Journalism, Iraq War, ABC, MSNBC, Media Analysis, Media
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By Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle, Huffington Post Alabama Governor Don Siegelman, fresh out of jail, talked to us about his Karl Rove-induced prosecution. He now has clear proof that his 2002 election was stolen by the GOP. |
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NYT: Heal Thyself from Pentagon Spin and Conflicts of Interest
Posted by Huffington Post on 24 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, New York Times, Journalism, Iraq War
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By Robert Naiman, Huffington Post The New York Times reported Sunday that over 75 retired US military officers who have been frequent media commentators are being used to disseminate administration talking points on the war in Iraq and the “war on terror”. |
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