Gen. Odom: Military Analysts Can’t Defend Relationship With Pentagon ‘Because Of Its Conspiratorial Nature’

On April 20, the New York Times published an extensive exposé of a secret Pentagon program that used 75 retired military analysts employed by television networks “as ‘message force multipliers’ or ’surrogates’ who could be counted on to deliver administration...

Think Progress | more posts | 66 days | Mon., May 19, '08

White House knew of the Pentagon domestic propaganda program

Pentagon documents released by the Defense Department and posted at its website show that White House officials, including Karl Rove, were aware of the domestic propaganda program under which the DoD coached retired military "analysts" to parrot administration views in television and radio...

Daily Kos | more posts | 71 days | Wed., May 14, '08

Time is tight for India-US nuclear pact: White House | The Economic Times

White House Briefing with Press Secretary Dana Perino | C-SPAN Recent Video

White House Briefing with Press Secretary Dana Perino | C-SPAN Recent Video

Former EPA Official: White House For Regulating Greenhouse Gases Before They Were Against It | The Washington Independent - U.S. news and politic...

When the White House isn't losing emails, it's refusing to open them | Corrente - Boldly shrill ...

Open Thread for Night Owls & Early Birds

Twenty-four days of silence and still counting. On Sunday, April 20, The New York Times published David Barstow's article on the propaganda conduit the Pentagon had built for itself to television, radio and cable channels, turning retired military-cum-media-analysts "into a kind of media Trojan...

Daily Kos | more posts | 72 days | Wed., May 14, '08

Wednesday Early Evening Open Thread | TalkLeft

Late Afternoon/Early Evening Open Thread | Daily Kos

Open Thread for Night Owls & Early Birds | Daily Kos

Late Afternoon/Early Evening Open Thread | Daily Kos

Tuesday’s Mini-Report

Today’s edition of quick hits. * Horrific devastation in China: “The toll of the dead and missing soared as rescue workers dug through flattened schools and homes on Tuesday in a desperate attempt to find survivors of China’s worst earthquake in three decades. The official Xinhua...

The Carpetbagger Report | more posts | 72 days | Tue., May 13, '08

Media quoted ‘military analysts’ over 4,500 times since 2002.

According to Media Matters, the so-called “media analysts” exposed in the recent New York Times article disclosing the Pentagon’s propaganda program were quoted in the media “more than 4,500 times” since Jan. 1, 2002: A Media Matters review found that since January 1,...

Think Progress | more posts | 72 days | Tue., May 13, '08