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Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon’s Hidden Hand

nytimes.com — Hidden behind an appearance of objectivity is a Pentagon information apparatus that has used mainstream media "military analysts" in a campaign to generate favorable news coverage of the administration ’s wartime performance, an examination by The New York Times has found.

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  • ChottoMatte, on 04/20/2008, -0/+1Glad to see a major newspaper address this topic. Sad to see it treated as just a recent phenomenon.
  • MeganFP, on 04/21/2008, -0/+0The Pentagon is infiltrating the media with pro-war propaganda. The scheme reaches all the way to the Bush White House, where top officials recruited dozens of "military analysts" to spread favorable views of the war via every major news channel -- without revealing they were working from Pentagon scripts and often lobbying for major military contractors looking to cash in on the war.

    This is a violation of every conceivable standard of journalism -- and possibly of federal law. Take action at: https://secure.freepress.net/site/Advocacy?id=257
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