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The White House Stages Its 'Daily Show'
02.22.05 (12:15 am)   [edit]
The pre-fab "Ask President Bush" town hall-style meetings held during last year's campaign (typical question: "Mr. President, as a child, how can I help you get votes?") were carefully designed for television so that, as Kenneth R. Bazinet wrote last summer in New York's Daily News, "unsuspecting viewers" tuning in their local news might get the false impression they were "watching a completely open forum." A Pentagon Office of Strategic Influence, intended to provide propagandistic news items, some of them possibly false, to foreign news media was shut down in 2002 when it became an embarrassing political liability. But much more quietly, another Pentagon propaganda arm, the Pentagon Channel, has recently been added as a free channel for American viewers of the Dish Network. Can a Social Security Channel be far behind?

It is a brilliant strategy. When the Bush administration isn't using taxpayers' money to buy its own fake news, it does everything it can to shut out and pillory real reporters who might tell Americans what is happening in what is, at least in theory, their own government.

NY Times
 


posted by: goins007 (reply)
post date: 02.21.05 (3:38 pm)

Well it just looks like Fox, CNN, and MSNBC will just have some competition for reporting biased news.



posted by: GBlagg (reply)
post date: 02.21.05 (4:58 pm)

Better buy stock in Alumax....you might as well earn dividends with all the aluminum foil you surely buy to protect from the microwaves.



posted by: Iddybud (Jude) (reply)
post date: 02.22.05 (9:38 am)

Oh my. The Pentagon Channel?
I'm a Dish customer. I can hardly wait to blog about my viewing experiences, which I'm sure will be titllating. I'll put it right at the top of my list along with the shopping networks. It's all about the sales. All about the sales.
DianneMarie- what a great blog you've got here. I'll be sure to link you.



posted by: Iddybud (reply)
post date: 02.22.05 (9:44 am)

I just added your link - and was sure to spell your name correctly.
;)

Jude



posted by: ian mcgibboney (reply)
post date: 02.22.05 (10:12 am)

This is the stuff to which administrations resort when so few people would support them honestly.



posted by: DianneMaire (reply)
post date: 02.22.05 (9:59 pm)

Reply to: goins007
Thankfully, I don't get their news here. I use the internet to get my news and from a variety of sources, most outside the states. I do look at the Times and Post because it's so well read by everyone. Both are biased in their own way. But, if we have a little background into what's going on I think we can get beyond this.
A 'Pentagon Channel' I would have to pass on.



posted by: DianneMaire (reply)
post date: 02.22.05 (10:03 pm)

Reply to: Iddybud
Thanks so much Jude. I visited your site the other day and added you to my links. I will be back to visit again. You obviously have your finger on the pulse of what is happening in the states.

Yes, the 'Pentagon Channel' will be good for a few laughs especially if you like your men in uniform.

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