washingtonpost.com — U.S. military leaders in Baghdad have put out for bid a two-year, $20 million public relations contract that calls for extensive monitoring of U.S. and Middle Eastern media in an effort to promote more positive coverage of news from Iraq.
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Closed AccountSep 1, 2006
> Positive Press in MideastGee wiz... that's pretty hard to do with there's a defacto civil war going on.
dradisSep 1, 2006
"The media outlets would be monitored for how they present coalition or anti-Iraqi force operations. That part of the proposal could reflect Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's often-stated concern that the media does not cover positive aspects of Iraq."Yes, I hear it's quite nice this time of year. From this article, it would seem as though the government would prefer to have all media outlets more like Fox News, continuously spouting pro-American and pro-Iraq war propaganda.. quite a terrifying thought.