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Torturing Evidence in Iraq

Submitted by Diane Farsetta on

According to a "privately contracted interrogator working for American forces in Iraq, near the Iranian border," U.S. intelligence activities in Iraq are skewed to find incriminating evidence against Iran. Micah Brose told The Observer that U.S. officials "push a lot for us to establish a link with Iran. They have pre-categories for us to go through, and by the sheer volume of categories there's clearly a lot more for Iran than there is for other stuff.

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Main Source: 
The Observer (UK), November 11, 2007
Topics: 
Iraq
Democracy
Human Rights
International
Propaganda
U.S. Government

The How (But Not the Why) of FEMA's Fake News Conference

Submitted by Diane Farsetta on

The Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) internal investigation into last month's fake news conference found that FEMA press secretary Aaron Walker "directed aides to pose as reporters, secretly coached them during the briefing and ended the event after a final, scripted question was asked," reports Spencer Hsu.

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Main Source: 
Washington Post, November 9, 2007
Topics: 
Crisis Management
Journalism
Ethics
Fake TV News
Propaganda
U.S. Government

Orwell Revisited

Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on

In his classic essay "Politics and the English Language," George Orwell described political speech as consisting "largely of euphemism, question-begging and sheer cloudy vagueness." Six decades later, several journalism schools are co-sponsoring a conference titled "There You Go Again: Orwell Comes to America," to examine "the tactics of disinformation and manipulation diagnosed by Orwell ...

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Main Source: 
www.ThereYouGoAgain.org
Topics: 
Democracy
Media
Politics
Propaganda

Time To Pay for Payola Pundit Armstrong Williams

Perhaps, in the case of Armstrong Williams, the third time will be the charm.

Armstrong WilliamsThe first two official investigations failed to hold anyone accountable for what can only be described as a textbook case of government propaganda. The results of the third investigation, by the Federal Communications Commission, were announced recently (PDF file). The FCC found Williams and two media companies to be at fault, issuing a citation against Williams and proposing fines of $40,000 against Sonshine Family Television and $36,000 against Sinclair Broadcast Group.

U.S. Does Democracy Demotion in Iran

Submitted by Diane Farsetta on

"The United States has begun a $75-million program to promote democracy by supporting Iranian NGO's [non-governmental organizations]," write Haleh Esfandiari and Robert Litwak. "That program, coupled with loose talk about regime change ...

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Main Source: 
Chronicle of Higher Education, October 19, 2007
Topics: 
Iran
Democracy
International
Propaganda
Think Tanks
U.S. Government
War / Peace

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