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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 10:35 AM

    John Q. Public.

    Thanks for taking-up for John, Glenn.

    I figure Mr/Mrs. John Q. Public will know the truth when (IF) they see it. It's difficult to have any confidence in your Gov. when most of what you hear from them is lies, damned lies and vectored psy-ops (ie. pentagon statistics).

    (*The Mostly Major Media, not to put to fine a point on it, don't know their a** from a hole in the ground. More like Comedy, to put it nicely.)

    While it's true there's not much the Bush Adm. could do, anymore, would surprize me, Glenn, I am utterly dismayed by the loyal opposition: the dang Democrats. Whoever is running that circus show are rats... but that would impune(sp?) upon the rats. They are worse than the Bush Adm. because they say so convincingly they are voices for reason, fairness and Honesty in gov., but Do nothing to stop (& they are the only ones who Can) the propaganda and Dishonesty in plain view to all.

    I like to know who I'm punching at.

    john q,

    bah.

    ps. Happy Mothers Day.

    +bop. I don't know any Soothsayers. I do know Yeller Hammer Hobbs?

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