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No Strings Attached?
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In These Times
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June 1, 2008
- Author:
- Bigwood, Jeremy
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Copyright informationCopyright Institute for Public Affairs, Inc. Jun 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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How U.S. funding of the world press corps may be buying influence
DOMESTIC PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGNS LIKE the "Pentagon Pundits" fiasco have been exposed and decried. Mainstream media outlets hired high-ranking military officers to provide "analysis" about the war in Iraq. Turns out they had ties to military contractors with a vested interest in continuing the war.
Below the radar, another journalism scandal is brewing: the U.S. government is secretly funding foreign news outlets and journalists. Government bodies-including the State Department, the Department of Defense, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), the Broadcasting Board of ...