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Title: Report shows that Pentagon has used covert control over U.S. media to plant pro-war propaganda disguised as news analysis more than 4,500 times.
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URL Source: http://mediamatters.org/items/200805130001
Published: May 24, 2008
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Report shows that Pentagon has used covert control over U.S. media to plant pro-war propaganda disguised as news analysis more than 4,500 times. Military analysts named in Times exposé appeared or were quoted more than 4,500 times on broadcast nets, cables, NPR Summary: A New York Times article detailed the connection between numerous media military analysts and the Pentagon and defense industries, reporting that "the Bush administration has used its control over access and information in an effort to transform" media military analysts "into a kind of media Trojan horse -- an instrument intended to shape terrorism coverage from inside the major TV and radio networks." A Media Matters review found that since January 1, 2002, the analysts named in the Times article -- many identified as having ties to the defense industry -- collectively appeared or were quoted as experts more than 4,500 times on ABC, ABC News Now, CBS, CBS Radio Network, NBC, CNN, CNN Headline News, Fox News, MSNBC, CNBC, and NPR. On April 20, The New York Times published an article by investigative reporter David Barstow that detailed the connection between numerous media military analysts and the Pentagon and defense industries. Barstow reported that "the Bush administration has used its control over access and information in an effort to transform" media military analysts, many of whom have clients or work for companies with an interest in obtaining Pentagon contracts, "into a kind of media Trojan horse -- an instrument intended to shape terrorism coverage from inside the major TV and radio networks." A Media Matters review found that since January 1, 2002, the analysts named in Barstow's article -- many identified as having ties to the defense industry -- collectively appeared or were quoted as experts more than 4,500 times on ABC, ABC News Now, CBS, CBS Radio Network, NBC, CNN, CNN Headline News, Fox News, MSNBC, CNBC, and NPR in segments covering the Iraq war both before and after the invasion, as well as numerous other national security or government policy issues. A spreadsheet listing each of the analysts' appearances documented by Media Matters is available here. The following chart lists 20 analysts included in Barstow's article, the network or networks on which each analyst appeared, and the number of appearances made by each analyst since January 1, 2002, as tabulated by Media Matters: mediamatters.org/items/200805130001 NOTE: Transcripts for all programs on CNN are available in the Nexis database, but for the other cable news networks transcripts are available for only some shows. *This figure includes 31 appearances from 2005 and later, when -- according to NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik -- Scales was no longer serving as an official NPR consultant but rather was an unpaid guest. Methodology Media Matters used the Nexis database to tabulate appearances by analysts on networks with which they were affiliated that included discussions of issues related to national security or U.S. government policy. Instances in which analysts appeared on networks other than those with which they were affiliated were not counted. Media Matters counted as appearances both instances in which an analyst appeared as a guest on a show -- either live during the show, or in a pre-taped interview aired during the show -- and instances in which a report included a clip of an analyst's commentary. The study was limited to appearances made after January 1, 2002. Re-airings of news programs in their entirety were excluded from the study. However, instances in which the same report, interview, or quote was aired on different shows or more than once during the course of the same program were counted as separate appearances in this study. If an analyst appeared several separate times during the same show, Media Matters counted each one as a distinct appearance. Nexis includes transcripts for all news programs on CNN but for the other cable news networks transcripts are available for only some shows; appearances on programs whose transcripts do not appear in Nexis were not included in this study. Finally, the Times article reported that some of the analysts "pointed out, accurately, that they did not always agree with the administration or each other" and that "[m]any analysts strongly denied that they had either been co-opted or had allowed outside business interests to affect their on-air comments, and some have used their platforms to criticize the conduct of the war." In conducting this study, Media Matters did not assess whether individual instances of commentary -- or the analysts themselves -- were supportive of administration policy.
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The snowball effect of this is the worrisome part. People pick it up, magnify it, then repeat it, and so forth. If we were really at war, some of this could be excused. (Obviously we're not since the borders are open.)
Why is this news? Our protector Pentagon has been doing this for a very long time. You people really need to go back to watching the next Big Game or American Idol and leave the serious stuff (like if your children will be forceably sent off to war) to the republicanDemocrat party that has your best interests at heart. So go make some babies for the good of the PARTY. Remember Napoleon, when his officers were sickened by climbing over the masses of dead bodies that were their army, said, Onward, one night in Paris will replenish all these". So the massive dead and wounded really matter none. God bless George Bush and the beautiful Cheney Families.
Number of appearances identified by Media Matters David L. Grange = CNN, CNN Headline News - 921 Copyright 2008. The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. All copy and images.
You left me out "BIGBUCKS-BADEYE, CIVIC LEADER. I wonder why?
:P Let the people know Michelle Obama is buds with a CNN pentagon propagandist.
Last year I went to Maryland to visit my old bass player at his new barbershop. (He quit his job of 15 yrs as the maintenance supervisor with a small electronics firm and got a barber license and hung out a shingle) The old man customer who was getting out of the chair winked and said in his best "inside knowledge" conspirator's voice that "They snuck them weapons out of Iraq and into Turkey". In other words, the whisper campaign was enough to justify the carnage, murders, theft and destruction of priceless antiquities, the DU dusting and inevitable destruction of the cradle of civilization because this old shitbird had either heard it said once by some war mongering apologist or, perhaps he heard it in church. This stuck in my mind because I felt the overwhelming urge to beat the ever luvin' DAWG shit out of him. I'd be willing to bet that Iraq is well covered by military spy satellites and no truck convoy could have possibly escaped undetected. And, where were these weapons hidden? The UN inspectors found none, and if the US knew of these secret transfers then where did they originate and where were they delivered? No, the old man was basing his opinion on the fact that the US said they were there but couldn't find them. Therefore, they had to have been removed by truck under cover of darkness. I wish Bush would ask all of the true patriots who still support the war to come to WASH DC for a big rally and offer to pay their fuel costs both ways. Then after working them in to a patriotic fenzy with the usual hatred and buzzwords, pass out the forms for them to sign to "donate" 50% of their social security checks to pay for the war! (They could deduct their fuel costs from their first contribution!) HAH!
"I went home with a country queen... Then woke up next to a Chupacabra"__Paul Tweed & The OUTASITES
Dawg, this is similar to what I'm hearing too (they must have been there, you know hidden, or the Russkies got them). A whisper campaign. As if that's enough to justify all that's happened since 9/11.
The principle of Occam's Razor might apply to at least part of this cluster. On the strength of some liar named Curveball's, Tenant convinced Powell we had a "slam dunk" and he then went on to present that mess at the UN general assembly.
Yup. And the biggest supporters are those who are not penalized in benefits reductions and of course rich folks who had their taxes abolished altogether. In knowledgeable circles it's well known that during war time the nation does not give tax breaks. And, the little people are expected to sacrifice with meatless Fridays and scrap drives. This is exactly why my lifelong pro union Democrat In-laws voted for Bush. They were allowed to openly hate some "dam foreigner heathens" and Bush also promised not to tamper with SS, and then he awarded them the largest govt gift in US history-the Medicare prescription drug perk to further award their "wisdom" in recognizing the danger that "them dam ragheads" pose to freedom loving patriots. I swear, the goddam selfish old seniors would sell our grandkids to the Chinese for slave labor in exchange for life extending stem cell treatments, so they could collect SS for ever!
"I went home with a country queen... Then woke up next to a Chupacabra"__Paul Tweed & The OUTASITES
Powell's belated attempt to distance himself from his presentation at the UN (where he assured the council that a British manufactured mobile weather balloon inflation machine was a Large Hadron Collider intended to open a black hole and swallow Israel and the US, (or some such dew dew) well, we shouldn't forget that he spoke with the confidence of a former general officer and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, secure in the belief that no one had any info to dispute his confident presentation. If he wasn't convinced at the time of the presentation then he showed us just how far he'd go to be worthy of his position as a Republican house neegrow. But if he was convinced based on no validation of the info, then he was probably the only one. Either way he will never rehab his rep with me. Especially since he was also part of the unnamed officers who attempted to bury the stink (and the bodies) of My Lai, and then later tried to leave Lt. Calley to swing alone as a rogue officer who couldn't have possibly been given such a ghastly order, let alone misunderstand it. He also learned to speak Yiddish as a furniture store salesman. What wouldn't he do to earn the DAWGGIE treats his masters fed him?
"I went home with a country queen... Then woke up next to a Chupacabra"__Paul Tweed & The OUTASITES
Of these 86 people, about how many do you think are/were members of the Council on Foreign Relations? Every once in a while, out of sheer bordom, I reckon, I'll pull out my old 1995 list of CFR members, with some additional names stuck on that list, just to see if 'names in the news' are members. This goes back to the days, i.e., 1994/95 when I first started watching CSPAN, where you would seldom, if ever, hear the initials CFR, or the name.....it was a real rarity. Then, at tos1, Alamo Girl began compiling a list and people could fill her in on what they had found out in research about these people. It was about this time I became a bit more interested in the Rhodes scholars routine, too. Anyways, to make a long story shorter.......in your list of names: OFFICERS.....Marshall M. Bouton DIRECTORS....Henry Bienen * HONORARY DIRECTORS: Cyrus Freidheim, Jr * = professors at Northwestern University Whose to say there aren't a lot more names on the roster of the CFR, given that my list is something like 13 years old! Likewise, there could be lots more profs actually on the board than just the ones who are CRF members, and likewise, more could be Rhodes scholars. The connection to Rhodes scholars: I guess I really didn't have much thoughts about what a Rhodes scholar was til I heard/read somewhere that the University of Montana had a large number of Rhodes scholars. Reading about those who make it showed they come from all walks of life/fields of interest.......for the unknowning, this is by design--so after their education, when they enter the real world, they can become leaders in various fields of endeavors. Oh.....one other thing.......the number of CFR members who are actually in government or on the myriad commissions, advisory councils, and the like: Just a few years back, I looked at the US Aid agency (I think that is what it is listed as) and found that virtually all top players were CFR. And another group where even the damned executive director and secretary were CFR members. What does all this mean..........not a hell of a lot, I don't guess--except to show where policy(s) come from. IT certainly isn't just the State Department.
Turn your back on the sun and you only see the shadows.
I probably had the same CFR list that Alamo Girl had, and I also got a kick out of connecting the dots. Back in '95 it would set people back on their heels that people were in/or connected to these organizations. Not so today. The shock value has worn off after decades of abuse by these organizations. I have to admit I was surprised to find Michelle Obama connected to is this Chicago clique with Grange, an acknowledged Pentagon propagandist, along with a bevy of CFR elites. As Aristides told me when I first brought this to light last week, "Now you're reduced to picking on his wife"? It's over, this country is over and the latest adoration of a political empty suit is my proof. We did the above 8 years ago.
‘We’re an empire and when we act, we create our own reality’ Scheherazade in the White House How George Bush’s wartime administration used a magician, Hollywood designers and Karl Rove telling 1,001 stories to sell the invasion of Iraq. By Christian Salmon A few days before the 2004 presidential election, Ron Suskind, a columnist who had been investigating the White House and its communications for years, wrote in The New York Times about a conversation he had with a presidential adviser in 2002. “The aide said that guys like me were ‘in what we call the reality-based community’, which he defined as people ‘who believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality’. I nodded and murmured something about enlightenment principles and empiricism. He cut me off. ‘That’s not the way the world really works anymore,’ he continued. ‘We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you’re studying that reality – judiciously, as you will – we’ll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that’s how things will sort out. We’re history’s actors.. and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do’ ” (1). Suskind’s article was a sensation, which the paper called an intellectual scoop. Columnists and bloggers seized on the phrase “reality-based community” which spread across the internet. Google had nearly a million hits for it in July 2007. Wikipedia created a page dedicated to it. According to Jay Rosen, professor of journalism at New York University: “Many on the left adopted the term. ‘Proud Member of the Reality-Based Community’, their blogs said. The right then jeered at the left’s self-description. (‘They’re reality-based? Yeah, right…’)” (2). The remarks, which were probably made by Karl Rove a few months before the Iraq war, are not just cynical and Machiavellian. They sound like they come from the theatre rather than from an office in the White House. Not content with renewing the ancient problems discussed in cabinet offices, pitting idealists against pragmatists, moralists against realists, pacifists against warmongers or, in 2002, defenders of international law against supporters of the use of force, they display a new concept of the relationship between politics and reality. The leaders of the world’s superpower were not just moving away from realpolitik but also from realism to become creators of their own reality, the masters of appearance, demanding a realpolitik of fiction. Disney to the rescue The US invasion of Iraq in March 2003 provided a spectacular illustration of the White House’s desire to create its own reality. Pentagon departments, keen not to repeat the mistakes of the first Gulf war in 1991, paid particular attention to their communications strategy. As well as 500 embedded journalists integrated into sections of the armed services, great attention was paid to the design of the press room at US forces headquarters in Qatar: for a million dollars, a storage hangar was transformed into an ultramodern television studio with stage, plasma screens and all the electronic equipment needed to produce videos, geographic maps and diagrams for real time combat. A scene in which the US army spokesman, General Tommy Franks, addressed journalists cost $200,000 and was produced by a designer who had worked for Disney, Metro Goldwyn Mayer and the television programme Good Morning America. In 2001 the White House had put him in charge of creating background designs for presidential speeches – unsurprising to those aware of the ties between the Pentagon and Hollywood. More surprising was the Pentagon decision to recruit David Blaine for interior design; he is a magician famous in the US for his TV show and for conjuring tricks such as levitating or being shut in a cage without food. Blaine claimed in a book in 2002 that he was the successor to Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, a 19th century magician who agreed to go to Algeria at the French government’s request to help it quell an uprising by showing that his magic was better than that of the rebels (3). It is not known whether that is what the Pentagon expected from Blaine but it seems that use was made of his illusionist talents for special effects. Scott Sforza, a former ABC TV producer who worked within the Republican propaganda machine, created many backgrounds against which Bush made important statements during his terms of office. On 1 May 2003 he stage-managed the presidential speech on the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier before a sign reading “Mission accomplished: Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed.” The show didn’t end there. Bush landed aboard the carrier in a fighter plane renamed Navy One; on it was written “George Bush, Commander-in-Chief”. He was seen leaving the cockpit dressed in a flight suit, his helmet under his arm as if he were returning from war in a remake of Top Gun (the film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, who is a familiar face in Hollywood-Pentagon operations; he made a reality TV show, Profiles from the Front Line, on the war in Afghanistan). The former New York Times theatre critic, Frank Rich, described the television coverage of this event and said it was fantastic – like theatre. David Broder of The Washington Post was captivated by what he called Bush’s physical posture (4). Sforza had to stage the scene carefully so that the city of San Diego, about 60km away, was not seen on the horizon when the carrier was supposed to be out in open sea in the combat zone. But the staging was never as explicit as on 15 August 2002 when Bush solemnly spoke of national security in front of Mount Rushmore with its sculptures of the faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. During his speech the cameras were placed at an angle that allowed Bush to be filmed in profile, his face superimposed on to those of his predecessors. The image becomes the story For Bush’s speech on the first anniversary of 9/11, in which he prepared US public opinion for the Iraq invasion by glorifying the “great struggle that tests our strength and even more our resolve”, Sforza rented three barges to take the team to the foot of the Statue of Liberty, which he had lit from below. He chose the camera angles so that the statue appeared in the background during the speech. Frank Rich, commenting on this, quoted Michael Deaver, who stage-managed Ronald Reagan’s declaration of candidacy speech in 1980 with the Statue of Liberty in the background. According to Deaver, people understood that what was around the speaker’s head was as important as the head itself (5). What is around the head turns an image into a legend: “Mission accomplished”, the Founding Fathers, the Statue of Liberty – over time the image becomes the story. But the event must resonate with the viewer, must make two moments interact: what is represented in the image and the actual moment it is seen. This resonance produces the desired emotion. For Americans in 2002 nothing could have had a greater emotional impact than a speech on war on the first anniversary of 9/11. The country had just come back from summer holidays and was ready to concentrate on important matters. According to Ira Chernus, professor at the University of Colorado, Karl Rove applied the “Scheherazade strategy”: “When policy dooms you, start telling stories – stories so fabulous, so gripping, so spellbinding that the king (or, in this case, the American citizen who theoretically rules our country) forgets all about a lethal policy. It plays on the insecurity of Americans who feel that their lives are out of control” (6). Rove did this with much success in 2004 when Bush was re-elected, diverting voters’ attention away from the state of the war by evoking the great collective myths of the US imagination. As Chernus explains, Rove was “betting that the voters will be mesmerised by John Wayne-style tales of real men fighting evil on the frontier – at least enough Americans to avoid the death sentence that the voters might otherwise pronounce on the party that brought us the disaster in Iraq.” Chernus believed that Rove invented simplistic good-against-evil stories for his candidates to tell and tried to turn every election into a moral drama, a contest of Republican moral clarity versus Democratic moral confusion. “The Scheherazade strategy is a great scam, built on the illusion that moralistic tales can make us feel secure, no matter what’s actually going on out there in the world. Rove wants every vote for a Republican to be a symbolic statement” (7). This August Rove was forced to resign by Democrat members of Congress. He announced his decision with an admission which could have applied to all his work: “I feel like I’m Moby Dick… they’re after me.” http://mondediplo.com/2008/01/04scheherazade
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The principle of Occam's Razor might apply to at least part of this cluster. On the strength of some liar named Curveball's, Tenant convinced Powell we had a "slam dunk" and he then went on to present that mess at the UN general assembly.
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** Rhodes scholar
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