[Peace-discuss] Re: Support the troops?

[Julio Rosario]

Here's an interesting article on psychological
operations and the manipulation of media that might
help:

Truth from These Podia:  Summary of a Study of
Strategic Influence, Perception Management, Strategic
Information Warfare and Strategic Psychological
Operations in Gulf II (www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/
whispers/documents/truth_1.pdf) 

> Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 18:18:11 -0600
> From: "C. G. Estabrook"
> <galliher at alexia.lis.uiuc.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Support the troops?
> Fallujah
> To: "Paul M. King" <pmking at uiuc.edu>
> Cc: peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
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> The racist brutality of American troops in Iraq can
> hardly be denied, but
> the US military carefully managed the coverage of
> Fallujah.  The US has
> banned al-Jazeera form the country, and what
> reporters there are in Iraq
> daren't stir beyond the green zone, so accounts come
> primarily from the US
> military themselves.  --CGE
> 
> 
> On Thu, 10 Feb 2005, Paul M. King wrote:
> 
> > i just forwarded this story to a friend of mine
> and his response
> > follows:
> > 
> > "...but i'm skeptical: with the hundreds of
> imbedded reporters --
> > including those accompanying the troops during the
> fallujah invasion
> > -- why wasn't this story splashed on the front
> page of the new york
> > times? while there is no doubt some very ugly shit
> slips through the
> > cracks that we never hear about, i think this
> story lacks
> > credibility..."
> > 
> > where do i start? any suggestions? i don't have
> the patience to debate
> > this with him. is there a good, concise and
> illuminating article or
> > interview i can send him that will describe with
> some thoroughness how
> > our system of propoganda works? i've been trying
> to get him to stop
> > watching fox news for quite some time now and
> haven't been able to.
> > thanks!
> > 
> > ..:: paul
> > 


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