Friday
Dec122008
Update: The Pentagon and Propaganda
Friday, December 12, 2008 at 18:55
In the category of You Heard It First on Enduring America:
Giles Scott-Smith of our Holland Bureau, 29 November 2008:
When referring to the dominance of the Pentagon, it is not just a matter of weaponry or the questionable deployment of US marines. Looking to develop its role in the field of ‘strategic influence’, the military has also greatly expanded its activities in communications and media, with questionable consequences.
Walter Pincus in The Washington Post, 12 December 2008:
The Pentagon's inspector general said yesterday that the Defense Department's public affairs office may have "inappropriately" merged public affairs and propaganda operations in 2007 and 2008 when it contracted out $1 million in work for a strategic communications plan for use by the military in collaboration with the State Department.
Giles Scott-Smith of our Holland Bureau, 29 November 2008:
When referring to the dominance of the Pentagon, it is not just a matter of weaponry or the questionable deployment of US marines. Looking to develop its role in the field of ‘strategic influence’, the military has also greatly expanded its activities in communications and media, with questionable consequences.
Walter Pincus in The Washington Post, 12 December 2008:
The Pentagon's inspector general said yesterday that the Defense Department's public affairs office may have "inappropriately" merged public affairs and propaganda operations in 2007 and 2008 when it contracted out $1 million in work for a strategic communications plan for use by the military in collaboration with the State Department.
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