On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:54:51 -0400, Reggie <Reggie501@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
>http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/latest-news-at-a-glance
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>NY Times Re****t: Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon’s Hidden Hand
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>In the summer of 2005, the Bush administration confronted a fresh wave
>of criticism over Guantánamo Bay. The detention center had just been
>branded “the gulag of our times” by Amnesty International, there were
>new allegations of abuse from United Nations human rights experts and
>calls were mounting for its closure.
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> The administration’s communications experts responded swiftly. Early
>one Friday morning, they put a group of retired military officers on one
>of the jets normally used by Vice President Dick Cheney and flew them to
>Cuba for a carefully orchestrated tour of Guantánamo.
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>To the public, these men are members of a familiar fraternity, presented
>tens of thousands of times on television and radio as “military
>analysts” whose long service has equipped them to give authoritative and
>unfettered judgments about the most pressing issues of the post-Sept. 11
>world.
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>Hidden behind that appearance of objectivity, though, is a Pentagon
>information apparatus that has used those 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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>Link to full story and latest news - at - a - glance:
>jttp://Tvnewslies.org/tvnl
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...and you think this is news?
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