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Hill and Knowlton Can't Escape Its Big Lie

Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on

The Hill & Knowlton PR firm is still spreading lies about its deceptive PR campaign to promote war with Iraq in 1990. H&K vice president Vivian Lines has written a letter to the Singapore Business Times, protesting its report on how the PR firm helped concoct a false story about Iraqi troops throwing babies out of incubators. Business Times columnist John Gee stands by his story, as does every independent observer who has looked into the matter.

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Main Source: 
Business Times (Singapore), October 23, 2002
Topics: 
Iraq
Propaganda

What Aren't We Being Told?

Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on

As chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Bob Graham (D-FL) sees classified government information that isn't released to the public. Based on what he's seen, he told CBS News, the Bush Administration appears to be selectively disclosing classified information based on politics rather than the requirements of national security. "There's been a pattern in which information is provided on a classified basis, and then what is declassified are those sections of the report that are most advantageous to the administration," Graham said.

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Main Source: 
CBS News, October 21, 2002
Topics: 
Secrecy
U.S. Government
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Terror Funds Flow Through Saudi Arabia

Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on

"It is worth stating clearly and unambiguously what official U.S. government spokespersons have not," states a new report from the Council on Foreign Relations. "For years, individuals and charities based in Saudi Arabia have been the most important source of funds for al Qaeda, and for years the Saudi officials have turned a blind eye to this problem."

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Main Source: 
Washington Post, October 16, 2002
Topics: 
Terrorism
International

Forked-Tongue Warriors

Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on

"Wedged between a rack of 99-cent Cheetos and a display of pork rinds stood a life-sized cardboard cutout of a buxom blond in a red miniskirt," reports Ian Urbina. "Resting on her inner thigh was a frosty bottle of Miller Genuine Draft. 'That's essentially what we do,' an army major remarked, pointing to the stiletto-heeled eye-catcher. 'But we don't sell beer.' ... The scene was a recruitment barbecue conducted by the US Army's 11th Psychological Operations Battalion ("Psy-ops," for short). ...

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Main Source: 
Village Voice, October 9-15, 2002
Topics: 
Propaganda
U.S. Government
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Representing the Right

Submitted by Laura Miller on

What do former Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig, Jr., former CIA director James Woolsey, White House advisor Richard Perle, Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer, American Enterprise Institute's Michael Ledeen, and dissident Iraqi nuclear scientist Dr. Khidir Hamza have in common? For one thing, they all have the PR expertise of Eleana Benador behind them.

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Main Source: 
Alternet, October 14, 2002
Topics: 
Right Wing
Iraq
Public Relations

Advertising for Peace: "Uncle oSAMa Wants You!"

Submitted by John Stauber on

Two separate full page anti-war advertisements appear in today's New York Times. The Florence Fund's ad feature's "Uncle Osama," an Uncle Sam take-off who taunts "Send me a new
generation of recruits. Your bombs will fuel their hatred of America and
their desire for revenge." Meanwhile, a full page advertisement
from the TrueMajority Campaign led by former ice cream magnate Ben Cohen

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Main Source: 
New York Times, October 14, 2002
Topics: 
Left Wing
Advertising
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Chicago Conference on War Propaganda November 2nd

Submitted by John Stauber on

Chicago Media Watch is holding "an urgent city-wide conference" on war and propaganda Saturday, November 2, on the campus of Loyola University. Some of the speakers will include "David Schippers, attorney for FBI special agent and whistleblower Robert Wright, who was stopped from speaking out about the investigation of terrorist cells in the US, under threat of termination. ... Professor Nancy Snow of UCLA's Annenberg School of Communication who previously worked for US Information Service, and author of Propaganda, Inc.

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Main Source: 
http://www.chicagomediawatch.org/conference2002.html
Topics: 
Propaganda
War / Peace

For or Against War, How to Talk Like a Democrat

Submitted by John Stauber on

A memorandum from top spinmeisters provides advice, based on opinion polls, as to how Democratic Party members of Congress can explain their votes on the resolution giving President Bush the green light to attack Iraq -- whether the Democrat voted for or against war. According to the New York Times, the memo from Stan Greenberg, James Carville and Bob Shrum contains such advice as "An opponent of the Iraq resolution can run competitively
with the Republican proponent, when he or she affirms

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Main Source: 
New York Times, October 10, 2002
Topics: 
Iraq
Politics
Rhetoric

Bashing The Traitorous, Peacenik News Media

Submitted by John Stauber on

Does it seem that the corporate news media is filled with traitorous peaceniks who are coddling Saddam, bashing Bush, and opposing a first-strike attack on Iraq? No? Well, maybe you just aren't paying attention like target="_blank"> Brent Bozell III and his Media Research Center. The Center sends

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Main Source: 
http://www.mediaresearch.org/
Topics: 
Right Wing
Media
Think Tanks
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Don't Blame the American People

Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on

A recent opinion poll shows that many Americans have serious misgivings about the war fever that currently dominates Washington politics. "A majority of Americans say that the nation's economy is in its worst shape in nearly a decade and that President Bush and Congressional leaders are spending too much time talking about Iraq while neglecting problems at home," reports the New York Times. "The number of Americans who approved of the way Mr.

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Main Source: 
New York Times, October 7, 2002
Topics: 
Iraq
Politics
U.S. Government

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