The Pentagon is investigating "the military's practice of paying journalists [3] to write articles and commentary ... and also looking more broadly at Pentagon activities that might involve inappropriate payments to journalists [4]," writes Associated Press. CNN reported [5] on Pentagon involvement with two news websites, Southeast European Times [6] (focused on the Balkans) and Magharebia [7] (focused on North Africa). Some 50 journalists were paid by the Pentagon through a private contractor, Anteon Corporation [8], for contributions to the Balkans site. A not "immediately obvious" disclaimer on the sites discloses that they are "sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defence [9]." A U.S. military spokesperson said of the North African site, "It's not disinformation [10]. Every printed word is the truth."