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Military's news-planting service (New York Times)
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 05:43:22 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Ted Nelson <tandm () xanadu net> Date: December 18, 2005 11:49:40 PM EST To: dave () farber net Cc: tandm () xanadu net Subject: Military's news-planting service (New York Times) Military's Information War Is Vast and Often Secretive By JEFF GERTH The media center in Fayetteville, N.C., would be the envy of any global communications company.In state of the art studios, producers prepare the daily mix of music and
news for the group's radio stations or spots for friendly televisionoutlets. Writers putting out newspapers and magazines in Baghdad and Kabul
converse via teleconferences. Mobile trailers with high-tech gear are parked outside, ready for the next crisis. The center is not part of a news organization, but a military operation, and those writers and producers are soldiers. The 1,200-strong psychological operations unit based at Fort Bragg turns out what itsofficers call "truthful messages" to support the United States government's
objectives, though its commander acknowledges that those stories are one-sided and their American sponsorship is hidden."We call our stuff information and the enemy's propaganda," said Col. Jack N. Summe, then the commander of the Fourth Psychological Operations Group,
during a tour in June. Even in the Pentagon, "some public affairs professionals see us unfavorably," and inaccurately, he said, as "lying, dirty tricksters."http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/11/politics/11propaganda.html? ei=5090&en=3b29
830b7c656c93&ex=1291957200&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=print Cheers,T ________________________________________________ Theodor Holm Nelson, Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford, 1 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3JS, UK V. Professor, U. Southampton; V. Fellow, Wadham College Founder, Project Xanadu (the first hypertext project), 1960+ • e-mail: tandm () xanadu net • http://ted.hyperland.com, • xanadu.com • translit.org • transcopyright.org • world-wide phone and fax +1/908-847-0264 _________________________________________________ ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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