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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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  • Sunday, May 11, 2008 11:21 PM

    You may be getting older --

    L.W.M. --

    @Pedinska

    Just what this blog needs.

    Another humorless ass.

    ;-)

    I think J has some creative arguments, his politics are mostly acceptable, but he is that scary kind of "liberal" that even I want distance myself from. Or maybe I'm getting older and more conservative. Maybe he'll settle down if I stop teasing him.

    Thank you for admitting the "teasing". I don't do that or the equivalents because as a matter of extending self-resepct, I respect others.

    You may be getting older, but I think it's safe to say I'm your senior. So perhaps you should exercise a bit of caution, as you may someday find yourself at my age being a mix of conservative and left- and moderate-liberal, instead of simply being a liberal becoming "more conservative".

    What I do is honestly present my views, and where I feel comfortable, and it is necessary, my background and experience as relevant thereto. One thing I don't do is play games with people -- that would be disrespectful. It also tends to result in wastes of bandwidth -- and, more important than that, irreplacable time.

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