How the Pentagon manipulated the media to promote the Iraq war

According to the April 20 piece, more than 75 retired officers have been coached by government and military officials to spin the news about Iraqor simply lieon countless network and cable channel news programs and talk shows over the course of the past five years or more. Fox News has led the way in presenting these individuals to the public, but NBC, CNN, CBS and ABC have followed suit.

The military analysts have not simply propagandized for ideological reasons; in many cases, they work for defense contractors and are in the business of helping companies win military contracts.

The existence of such a program, worthy of Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, will come as no surprise to anyone who has observed the increasing resort to anti-democratic and illegal methods by the White House and the Pentagon.