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10/14/2003 Archived Entry: "Here is how you were used."
Here is how you were used.
First off, anyone who thinks the Plame Affair is over is nuts. Joe Wilson still has some tricks in his bag - and much of it proves the point that the White House is full of liars who will go to great lengths to advance the PNAC agenda. Like this:
Just as former Ambassador Joseph Wilson's story that Bushies blew his CIA wife's cover to get back at his criticism of the war in Iraq was getting old, he has stumbled on new ammo to hit the administration's credibility. Wilson tells us he plans to circulate the text of a briefing by analyst Sam Gardiner that suggests the White House and Pentagon made up or distorted over 50 war stories.
I'm in the midst of reading it now, and while it's nothing that anyone who's paying attention wouldn't know, it's devastating to read it all in one place. And add the fact that Gardiner is retired USAF, and it adds an air of gravitasse that wouldn't be there if it were just a reporter saying all this.
Just a taste - here are the all-encompassing rules the White House used to brainwash the public:
24/7 News require different techniques
– Saturate the media time and space.
– Stay on message and stay ahead of the news cycle.
– Manage expectations.
– No matter how bad the story, it tends to level; accelerate the process as much as possible.
Keep the message consistent daily: Qatar, Pentagon, White House, London
Use information to attack and punish critics.
This report is scathing, to put it mildly. And somehow I don't think this is the last arrow in Wilson's quiver.
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Daaaaamn. Only the first page and I'm already angry. This guy is top notch. I was also disturbed that the LA Times reporter he worked with, Mark Fineman, died of an apparent heart attack in Baghdad on September 23rd of this year.
Shady shady things are happening. Thanks a ton for this link.
Posted by Jason @ 10/14/2003 01:22 PM NY
i dont know if this is old news or not, but its new to me. i just saw a report, on fox news chicago of all places, that the military is sending out form letters to the home town newspapers of soldiers, talking about how great everything is in iraq, and how the tv media has it all wrong. there have been at least 11 of the same letter found so far, to the editors of different papers, identical, except for the name and signature of the soldiers. all the soldiers have apparently admited to not writing the letters, and one has said that he didnt even sign it, although they all (of course) said that the content of the letter was correct (under durress im sure, considering the suicide rate among the soldiers) im sure you have already heard this news, but like i said, it was new to me. could the house of cards finnally be starting to tumble? nah, probobly not, americans just dont care, if the polls are to be believed
Posted by justin @ 10/14/2003 01:51 PM NY
