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Saturday, May 10, 2008 12:00 AM

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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  • Saturday, May 10, 2008 06:07 PM

    @ quickstrategy

    Hubby rarely knows when the cavalry rides to my rescue, unless you all make me laugh too loudly. At any rate he's fishin' for perch and other denizens of the depths of my Dad's pond right now and I am free to gratefully wilt before the kindness of (semi) strangers. ;-}

    Thank you for your thoughtful addition to the discussion with cabdriver. My knowledge is that of someone with interests, concerns, some contacts and the ability to dig for the dirt. It will always benefit from that of someone like yourself who has firsthand knowledge and experience.

    Interesting article you linked to. He seemed to be convinced that the MAs only appeared on Fox. If that were so, then there'd be no need for all of us to be so upset. Nice attempt at deflection. The toilet analogy was particularly apt.

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