
Shocked (or not?) at PR and PsyOps in Iraq GNN \|\| December 06, 2005 [KDR: Here is just one example of the US hiding propaganda in the American media. Education Dept. paid commentator to promote law] After the Los Angeles Times reported that the Pentagon, through the Lincoln Group, was planting “favorable stories about the war and the rebuilding effort” in Iraqi newspapers, military spokespeople “offered a mixed message” about the program. It’s “an important part of countering misinformation … by insurgents,” Lt. Col. Barry Johnson said, from Iraq. Gen. Peter Pace, the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, expressed concern that it could “be detrimental to the proper growth of democracy” in Iraq. Media organizations weren’t so conflicted. The International Center for Journalists’ vice-president called the program “indefensible” and the World Press Freedom Committee’s director called it “unacceptable.” But, as the Washington Post wrote, “such information warfare is not new to Iraq.” In fact, the Lincoln Group’s “payments to sympathetic ‘temporary spokespersons’ who would not necessarily be identified as working for the coalition” is a standard PR technique. Source: Associated Press, November 30, 2005 Lincoln Group Bombards Iraq with Fake News Fake news is being used in the Iraq propaganda war, reports the Los Angeles Times. ”[T]he U.S. military is secretly paying Iraqi newspapers to publish stories written by American troops in an effort to burnish the image of the U.S. mission in Iraq. The articles, written by U.S. military ‘information operations’ troops, are translated into Arabic and placed in Baghdad newspapers. ... The stories trumpet the work of U.S. and Iraqi troops, denounce insurgents and tout U.S.-led efforts to rebuild the country. ... Records and interviews indicate that the U.S. has paid Iraqi newspapers to run dozens of such articles, with headlines such as ‘Iraqis Insist on Living Despite Terrorism,’ since the effort began this year. The operation is designed to mask any connection with the U.S. military. The Pentagon has a contract with … Lincoln Group which helps translate and place the stories. The Lincoln Group’s Iraqi staff, or its subcontractors, sometimes pose as freelance reporters or advertising executives when they deliver the stories to Baghdad media outlets.” Source: Los Angeles Times, November 30, 2005 Article Posted at www.KnowledgeDrivenRevolution.com About KDR \| \| Home \| \| Weekly Features Archive	Weekly Weekly Features Archive
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Shocked (or not?) at PR and PsyOps in Iraq

GNN || December 06, 2005

[KDR: Here is just one example of the US hiding propaganda in the American media. Education Dept. paid commentator to promote law]

After the Los Angeles Times reported that the Pentagon, through the Lincoln Group, was planting “favorable stories about the war and the rebuilding effort” in Iraqi newspapers, military spokespeople “offered a mixed message” about the program. It’s “an important part of countering misinformation … by insurgents,” Lt. Col. Barry Johnson said, from Iraq. Gen. Peter Pace, the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, expressed concern that it could “be detrimental to the proper growth of democracy” in Iraq. Media organizations weren’t so conflicted. The International Center for Journalists’ vice-president called the program “indefensible” and the World Press Freedom Committee’s director called it “unacceptable.” But, as the Washington Post wrote, “such information warfare is not new to Iraq.” In fact, the Lincoln Group’s “payments to sympathetic ‘temporary spokespersons’ who would not necessarily be identified as working for the coalition” is a standard PR technique.

Source: Associated Press, November 30, 2005

Lincoln Group Bombards Iraq with Fake News

Fake news is being used in the Iraq propaganda war, reports the Los Angeles Times. ”[T]he U.S. military is secretly paying Iraqi newspapers to publish stories written by American troops in an effort to burnish the image of the U.S. mission in Iraq. The articles, written by U.S. military ‘information operations’ troops, are translated into Arabic and placed in Baghdad newspapers. ... The stories trumpet the work of U.S. and Iraqi troops, denounce insurgents and tout U.S.-led efforts to rebuild the country. ... Records and interviews indicate that the U.S. has paid Iraqi newspapers to run dozens of such articles, with headlines such as ‘Iraqis Insist on Living Despite Terrorism,’ since the effort began this year. The operation is designed to mask any connection with the U.S. military. The Pentagon has a contract with … Lincoln Group which helps translate and place the stories. The Lincoln Group’s Iraqi staff, or its subcontractors, sometimes pose as freelance reporters or advertising executives when they deliver the stories to Baghdad media outlets.”

Source: Los Angeles Times, November 30, 2005

Article Posted at www.KnowledgeDrivenRevolution.com

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