Propaganda 4

Danny Schechter, de News Dissector uit New York schrijft: 'It took the New York Times several years to catch on, but on this Sunday December 11, 2005, the lead story on the front page was "Military's Information War Is Vast and Often Secretive.” Jeff Gerth reports: “The Bush administration has been conducting an information war that is extensive, costly and often hidden, according to documents and interviews with contractors, government officials and military personnel." “The campaign was begun by the White House, which set up a secret panel soon after the Sept. 11 attacks to coordinate information operations by the Pentagon, other government agencies and private contractors.” This secret war was perhaps a secret to the New York Times but not to those of us who have been tracking the deployment of information warfare for several years. It’s a sign of the times (and The TIMES) that our media is just getting hip to a multi-million dollar government strategy designed in part to spin news, reinforce message points, cover up crimes and plant information that ends up being punted by analysts on Fox News and other TV outlets. It is part of the methodology for turning lies into “credible” news.' Zie: http://mediachannel.org/blog/node/2304