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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."
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Sunday, May 11, 2008 12:53 PM

    The rising cost of The Dick’s propaganda and M$M coercion success

    AP WASHINGTON - Increasing numbers of U.S. troops have left the military with damaged bodies and minds, an ever-larger pool of disabled veterans that will cost the nation billions for decades to come — even as the total population of America's vets shrinks.

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080511/ap_on_re_us/disabled_veterans

    —Retired Military Patriot Read Retired Military Patriot's other letters

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