Thursday, December 01, 2005

US is Putting Paid-For Journalists in Iraqi Media to Shill for Bush and WH

In a move that is ripped from the WH whore Armstrong Williams' playbook, the US military is paying Iraqi jrnalists to vomit out US/Coalition Forces friendly propaganda (via NYTimes): Titled "The Sands Are Blowing Toward a Democratic Iraq," an article written this wk for publication in the Iraqi press was scornful of outsiders' pessimism about the country's future. But far from being the heartfelt opinion of an Iraqi writer, as its language implied, the article was prepared by the US military as part of a multimillion-dollar covert campaign to plant paid propaganda in the Iraqi news media and pay friendly Iraqi journalists monthly stipends, military contractors and officials said. Gee, I guess brutally honest Iraqis like Riverbend better shut the hell up or catch a ride on the US propaganda gravy train, huh? And surprise! surprise!... Fox News has it's dirty GOP whore hand in this Iraqi media propaganda pimping.
Posted by Tina :: 12:19 AM :: 2 Comments:

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