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One Man’s Military-Industrial-Media Complex

http://www.nytimes.com…
By DAVID BARSTOW
In the spring of 2007 a tiny military contractor with a slender track record went shopping for a precious Beltway commodity.
The company, Defense Solutions, sought the services of a retired general with national stature, someone who could open doors at the highest levels of government and help it win a huge prize: the [...]

Press and “Psy Ops” to merge at NATO Afghan HQ: sources

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters…
Sat Nov 29, 2:01 AM
By Jon Hemming
KABUL (Reuters) - The U.S. general commanding NATO forces in Afghanistan has ordered a merger of the office that releases news with “Psy Ops,” which deals with propaganda, a move that goes against the alliance’s policy, three officials said.

No delay from Obama on “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell”

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This just in: Washington Times full of shit! Okay, you probably already knew that. According to a member of the Obama transition team, the president-elect has no plans to delay the repeal of DADT.
washingtonblade
A member of Barack Obama’s transition team is denying media reports that the president-elect has decided to delay efforts to [...]

Christiane Amanpour to Anchor Own Show

http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com…
Melissa McEwan
Imagine my excitement when I read that one of my idols, Christiane Amanpour, the best and most highly-paid field reporter in the world, “the very model of a foreign correspondent, turning up at seemingly every war, genocide, famine and natural disaster, slipping through previously closed borders and interviewing even the most recalcitrant of foreign [...]

Michelle Bachmann denies saying she wanted the media to investigate members of Congress who might be anti-American

http://crooksandliars.com…
John Amato

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(h/t Heather)
Michelle Bachmann is a pretty wild person as we’ve seen, but after spewing venom at Barack Obama for a few minutes with Hannidate, she then lied to Alan Colmes and denied saying this on Hardball:

Rather’s Lawsuit Shows Role of G.O.P. in Inquiry

http://www.nytimes.com…
By JACQUES STEINBERG
When Dan Rather filed suit against CBS 14 months ago — claiming, among other things, that his former employer had commissioned a politically biased investigation into his work on a “60 Minutes” segment about President Bush’s National Guard service — the network predicted the quick and favorable dismissal of the case, which it [...]

UPDATED: Local Newspapers Cover Rising Number of Racist Anti-Obama Actions in Small Towns

http://www.editorandpublisher.com…
By Dexter Hill
Published: November 14, 2008 5:30 PM ET updated Thursday
NEW YORK Many conservative pundits and Republican officeholders on the national stage have reacted to the election of Barack Obama as a promising step forward in the history of race relations and democracy in the U.S. But gaining much less coverage from the national media [...]

Sarah Palin spoofed by French Canadian pranksters

http://ezvancouver.com…
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Ben smith sez, “Sarah Palin’s campaign issued an “mildly amused” response to having joined Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy in having been the victim of a prank by a pair of French-Canadian comedians who impersonated Sarkozy on a call with the Alaska governor.” link
“Gov. [...]

The New York Times’ Biggest Screw-up Since They Sold the War in Iraq

http://www.alternet.org…
By Mark Ames, The Nation
Posted on October 28, 2008, Printed on October 29, 2008

You may not have noticed it, but a couple of weeks ago, the New York Times slipped in a story that completely contradicted a narrative that it had been building up for two straight months, one that was leading America into another war-a [...]

The Jewish Extremists Behind “Obsession”

*note: I don’t agree with all that this article has to say but it’s interesting, and quite valuable, nonetheless, for it’s handling of this bit of propaganda ~ E
http://jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com…
27 Oct 2008 09:45 am
Jeffrey Goldberg
I’ve only watched the 12-minute version of “Obsession,” the film sent to more than 28 million people in various swing states, apparently [...]