Also see the DOD's MSM press offices in Lincoln, the Pentagon, and Langley.
"U.S. to Fund Pro-American Publicity in Iraqi Media" by Karen DeYoung and Walter Pincus, Washington Post | October 3, 2008
The Defense Department will pay private U.S. contractors in Iraq up to $300 million over the next three years to produce news stories, entertainment programs and public service advertisements for the Iraqi media in an effort to "engage and inspire" the local population to support U.S. objectives and the Iraqi government.
Nice to know that YOU don't need that MONEY, Americans!!!!
The new contracts -- awarded last week to four companies -- will expand and consolidate what the U.S. military calls "information/psychological operations" in Iraq far into the future, even as violence appears to be abating and U.S. troops have begun drawing down.
Also see: Prop 101: The "Terrorism" Business
New York Times Admits War on Terror is U.S. Creation
The military's role in information control is considered key to success. Uniformed communications specialists and contractors are now an integral part of U.S. military operations from Eastern Europe to Afghanistan and beyond.
Translation: YOUR MILITARY is LYING TO YOU, America!!!
Iraq, where hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent on such contracts, has been the proving ground for the transformation. The Pentagon still sometimes feels it is playing catch-up in a propaganda market dominated by al-Qaeda, whose media operations include sophisticated Web sites and professionally produced videos and audios featuring Osama bin Laden and his lieutenants. "We're being out-communicated by a guy in a cave," Secretary Robert M. Gates often remarks.
Yeah, SURE!!! "Al-CIA-Duh," huh? What ABSOLUTE BULLSHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please read: Prop 101: Al-CIA-Duh's Greatest Hits
Jewish Media Group, Intel Center, the first--AGAIN-- to release another "aL-Qaeda" video
U.S.-produced public service broadcasts and billboards have touted improvements in government services, promoted political reconciliation, praised the Iraqi military and encouraged Iraqi citizens to report criminal activity. When national euphoria broke out last year after an Iraqi singer won a talent contest in Lebanon, the U.S. military considered producing an Iraqi version of "American Idol" to help build nonsectarian nationalism. The idea was shelved as too expensive, an official said, but "we're trying to think out of the box on" reconciliation.
Isn't there a BETTER USE of TAXPAYER DOLLARS, readers, than PROPAGANDIZING and LYING to PEOPLE?!!!
The four companies that will share in the new contract are SOSi, the Washington-based Lincoln Group, Alexandria-based MPRI and Leonie Industries, a Los Angeles contractor. All specialize in strategic communications and have done previous defense work.
Defense officials maintained that strict rules are enforced against disseminating false information. "Our enemies have the luxury of not having to tell the truth," Undersecretary of Defense Eric Edelman told a congressional hearing last month. "We pay an extremely high price if we ever even make a slight error in putting out the facts."
The UNASHAMED and ARROGANT LYING is really something to behold, isn't it, readers?
Contractors will also develop and maintain Web sites; assess news articles in the Iraqi, U.S. and international media; and determine ways to counter coverage deemed negative. Polls and focus groups will be used to monitor Iraqi attitudes under a separate three-year contract totaling up to $45 million.
While U.S. law prohibits the use of government money to direct propaganda at U.S. audiences, the "statement of work" included in the proposal, written by the U.S. Joint Contracting Command in Iraq, notes the need to "communicate effectively with our strategic audiences (i.e. Iraqi, pan-Arabic, International, and U.S. audiences) to gain widespread acceptance of [U.S. and Iraqi government] core themes and messages."
You know, you guys can tell ALL the LIES YOU WANT; however, when you KILL and TORTURE people, they ain't gonna believe you!
This PROPAGANDA PROGRAM is directed at AMERICANS!!!!! You know, the "surge worked" type of stuff!
Some inside the military itself have questioned the effectiveness of the defense program. "I'm not a huge fan" of information operations, one military official said, adding that Iraqi opinions -- as for most people -- are formed more by what they experience than by what they read in a newspaper, hear on the radio or see on billboards. --more--"
At this point, WHO the FUCK would EVER BELIEVE a NEWSPAPER -- especially an AMERIKAN ONE!!!!!!
NOT ME!!!!!
