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Propaganda's War on Human Rights

Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on June 21, 2005 - 2:52pm

British public relations consultant Liz Harrop, who specializes in "public awareness activity for human rights campaigning organisations and humanitarian projects," has written a report that analyzes the relationship between war propaganda and human rights, focusing on the U.S. and British governments in relation to the Iraqi rabbit hole.

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Human Rights

Media General News Service, June 10, 2005

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My Country Was Invaded and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt

Submitted by Diane Farsetta on June 14, 2005 - 12:55pm

"The U.S. Special Operations Command has hired three firms to produce newspaper stories, television broadcasts and Web sites to spread American propaganda overseas." The contract may run $100 million over the next five years.

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Washington Post, June 12, 2005

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Terror Errors

Submitted by Diane Farsetta on June 13, 2005 - 4:12pm

Last week, President Bush said, "Federal terrorism investigations have resulted in charges against more than 400 suspects, and more than half of those charged have been convicted." But independent analyses contradict those numbers.

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The New York Times, June 8, 2005

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Bush and Blair Deny 'Fixed' Intelligence

Submitted by Laura Miller on June 8, 2005 - 7:56pm

In a joint meeting in Washington, President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair brushed off a recently revealed British memo from July 2002 that said "intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy" to remove Saddam Hussein "through military action, justified by the conjunction of terrorism and W.M.D." or weapons of mass destruction.

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Scoop (New Zealand), May 26, 2005

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Different Shade of Lipstick, Same Pigheaded Policies

Submitted by Diane Farsetta on May 26, 2005 - 5:30pm

A new report from the Council on Foreign Relations suggests that better U.S.

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International

Der Spiegel, May 21, 2005

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U.S. Funded Al Hurra Looks For Good News In Iraq

Submitted by Laura Miller on May 24, 2005 - 4:45pm

With a yearly budget of over $40 million, Al Hurra, a U.S. supported TV channel for the "Arab World," is "one of the US government's most expensive public diplomacy efforts yet," reports MediaCorp News, a Singapore-based media group.

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O'Dwyer's PR Daily (sub. req'd.), May 12, 2005

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Empowering Secrecy

Submitted by Diane Farsetta on May 12, 2005 - 6:07pm

The conservative legal group Judicial Watch filed a lawsuit against the Defense Department, for not responding to their March 2004 Freedom of Information Act request on what "strategic influence, perception management, strategic information warfare and/or

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PR Week (sub. req'd.), May 9, 2005

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Avoiding Non-Combat (Not Non-Combatant) Deaths

Submitted by Diane Farsetta on May 9, 2005 - 4:30pm

Concerned at rising rates of soldiers' non-combat deaths, the U.S. Army Combat Readiness Center hired two PR firms, Pario and Reingold, to "sell" safety measures.

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