Richard Tafoya
Apr 20th, 2008, 02:12 PM
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/washington/20generals.html?_r=1&hp=&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all&adxnnlx=1208722318-2BDQioHYzwdOFF6MJ8XsWA
Comment from TalkingPointsMemo:
In a lengthy article based on 8,000 pages of Pentagon records, the Times details the Pentagon's program for directing, co-opting and using network 'military analysts' to spin viewers with DOD-crafted talking points. The DOD used analysts' financial ties to military contractors and control over access "to transform the analysts into a kind of media Trojan horse -- an instrument intended to shape terrorism coverage from inside the major TV and radio networks."
Comment from TalkingPointsMemo:
In a lengthy article based on 8,000 pages of Pentagon records, the Times details the Pentagon's program for directing, co-opting and using network 'military analysts' to spin viewers with DOD-crafted talking points. The DOD used analysts' financial ties to military contractors and control over access "to transform the analysts into a kind of media Trojan horse -- an instrument intended to shape terrorism coverage from inside the major TV and radio networks."