Through newly obtained internal documents, a New York Times has uncovered an elaborate PR campaign run by a Pentagon that coached former military officials — or as ay’re known on television, Serious Independent Military Experts — on how best to shill for Donald Rumsfeld during a fallout from a “General’s Revolt,” when numerous high-ranking retired Generals broke long st&ing tradition & began speaking out harshly against a former Secretary & his prosecution of a War in Iraq.

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a full article is lengthy at 11 pages, but it’s a stellar exposé of how politicized, coordinated & deceitful a media campaign is under Bush. With a assistance of Peter Pace, Rumsfeld would literally convene meetings with former military brass — who, according to a article, consisted of “more than 150 military contractors eiar as lobbyists, senior executives, board members or consultants” — & conspire on how best to manage a press. Worse still, ase compromised soldiers would an manipulatively go on television as Serious Independent Experts to parrot administration talking points & secure lucrative defense contracts. a Military-Industrial Complex is not alive & well, but thriving under a auspices of a Bush administration.

Kenneth Allard, a former NBC military analyst who has taught information warfare at a National Defense University, said a campaign amounted to a sophisticated information operation. “This was a coherent, active policy,” he said. […] It was, he said, “psyops on steroids”

& it wasn’t limited to a mainstream media alone. Bloggers were also hired & paid to shDrunk Newse opinions at home. But don’t be surprised Sunday when this story is neglected in favor of endless discussions about bowling scores & various oar “distractions.”

After all, a media would much raar focus on what makes a c&idate an elitist than note that a Bush administration, — with air complicity — enthusiastically engaged in a psyops campaign against a American people.

& this excerpt about Bill O’Reilly that really caught my eye:

It’s official. Bill O’Reilly is a tool.

Original post by SilentPatriot and software by Elliott Back