The White House is defending its practice of distributing government-funded
video news releases to TV stations with the hopes that the stations will air
the segments as real news. On Sunday the New York Times featured an
extensive front-page investigation detailing the extent that pre-packaged
news releases - produced by the federal government - are being used by
television stations all across the country. The Times reported that at least
20 federal agencies - including the Defense Department and the Census
Bureau - have distributed hundreds of television news segments in the past
four years. Many were then broadcast on local stations without crediting the
government as the source of the information. On Monday White House Press
Secretary Scott McClellan claimed that the videos are appropriate as long as
they are a factual. Last month the General Accounting Office however ruled
that the videos violate laws that ban covert propaganda. But the Bush
administration is ordering all agencies to disregard the GAO's directive.
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: White House Defends Use of Propoganda |
28 Mar 2005 04:25:01 PM |
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It is no surprise, seems all govts are doing it, when everything is
spin it is hard to spot the twistie.
But like all good oppressed folk they know how to read between the
lines and hear what is not said.
We hope.
LB
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| User: "Charly the Bastard" |
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| Title: Re: White House Defends Use of Propoganda |
28 Mar 2005 09:33:18 AM |
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MonsieurStat wrote:
The White House is defending its practice of distributing government-funded
video news releases to TV stations with the hopes that the stations will air
the segments as real news. On Sunday the New York Times featured an
extensive front-page investigation detailing the extent that pre-packaged
news releases - produced by the federal government - are being used by
television stations all across the country. The Times reported that at least
20 federal agencies - including the Defense Department and the Census
Bureau - have distributed hundreds of television news segments in the past
four years. Many were then broadcast on local stations without crediting the
government as the source of the information. On Monday White House Press
Secretary Scott McClellan claimed that the videos are appropriate as long as
they are a factual. Last month the General Accounting Office however ruled
that the videos violate laws that ban covert propaganda. But the Bush
administration is ordering all agencies to disregard the GAO's directive.
Of course the White House defends the use of propaganda, all despots use
propaganda and defend its use against all reason and logic. And this is a
surprize because...?
Charly
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