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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 07:46 AM

    Keep up the good work....

    You people are still doing this? Has being too stupid to associate Generals with the Pentagon now become a resume enhancement?

    Moreover, it was the NETWORKS asking the Pentagon for people to comment. The Pentagon did a good job of providing attractive media people. That's illegal? Just because Greenwaldistas aren't that savvy, doesn't make something illegal.

    Perhaps you folks should consider the real lesson here. One gets one's message out in better fashion when positive and attractive to an audience, as opposed to appearing rude, negative, and condescending. But hey, like that could ever happen. Heh.

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