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How the military analyst program controlled news coverage: in the Pentagon's own words

"We develop a core group from within our media analyst list of those that we can count on to carry our water. They become the key go to guys for the networks and it begins to weed out the less reliably friendly analysts by the networks themselves."

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  • Sunday, May 11, 2008 08:47 AM

    On the other hand, salonistas love to discuss irrelevancies to death. I can only presume it's a coping mechanism to avoid reality.

    "On the other hand, salonistas love to discuss irrelevancies to death. I can only presume it's a coping mechanism to avoid reality."

    Your reality will come in November, Shooter.

    As for the Pentagon and its illegal propaganda mill, that story isn't dead at all. As a matter of fact, it's just being born.

    Stand by, Shooter. Your world is about to come crashing down.

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