Dan Clore wrote:
> News & Views for Anarchists & Activists:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo
>
> It is now official: "military analyst" =3D "Pentagon propagandist"
>
> A lengthy story in the New York Times (http://tinyurl.com/6qhgfg
)
> reveals that many so-called "military analysts" have actually been
> working on behalf of the Pentagon to sell the War on Iraqis and the
> Guant=EF=BF=BDnamo Gulag to the American people.
Heavens to Betsy.
>
> While pretending to act as independent analysts, these former career
> military officers have instead simply followed the Pentagon's own
> "talking points".
>
Mercy sakes alive.
> In addition to their government ties, most of these "analysts" also work
> for military contractors and thus have a personal financial stake in the
> policies that they sup****t as "analysts".
>
Land of Goshen.
> Media outlets that employed these "analysts" include FOX News, NBC, CNN,
> CBS, ABC, NPR, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times itself.
>
It's almost like those rich cor****ations are cooperating to influence
public opinion to their own benefit. Who would have thought it?
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