If you haven’t read this…you really should

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Hidden behind that appearance of objectivity, though, is a Pentagon information apparatus that has used those analysts in a campaign to generate favorable news coverage of the administration’s wartime performance, an examination by The New York Times has found. The effort, which began with the buildup to the Iraq war and continues to this day, has sought to exploit ideological and military allegiances, and also a powerful financial dynamic: Most of the analysts have ties to military contractors vested in the very war policies they are asked to assess on air.

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  1. Pandora says:

    I’d like to say I’m shocked, but that would be lying.

  2. Rebecca says:

    This is disgusting. But, as you say pandora, not surprising. Wesley Clark for Secretary of Defense.

  3. Brian says:

    The military wants a bigger share of American life. That is all that means. You should see the pentagon plans for Wall Street or their plan called “total information control” where they tell the normal newscasters what to say.