CATCHING THE BRASS WITH THEIR PANTS DOWN
Those military analysts you see on television yakking their asses off about what weapon is best and where those troops move - you know the ones everybody but Aunt Sally swears by. Well they're press pimp daddies for the Bush Pentagon war-spin machine. You can't trust any of the rat bastards, even the fatherly types. NYT reporter David Barstow sued and got his hands on 8000 internal documents, including emails. This journalistic muck is so hot it's steaming fresh - four readers have forwarded this, and one insisted I have his copy of the NYT. It's that hot!
I read portions from my buddy's copy this afternoon on Blue Barn radio. This is a revised second web edition with corrections cited below the fold as forwarded by another reader. The Nation also commented on the Pentagon memos which referred to the grandpa generals appearing on televsion as "message force multipliers" and "surrogates" for war. A neverending revolving door from M$M studios to the Pentagon meetings, to hundred million dollar military contracts. A Public Radio International broadcast on a NPR affiliate also referred to the same article today during an interview. Hey, it's tough getting the news out here in Kansas. Just follow those gawddamn links. Here's a portion of Barstow's original. [excerpt] "Those business relationships are hardly ever disclosed to the viewers, and sometimes not even to the networks themselves. But collectively, the men on the plane and several dozen other military analysts represent more than 150 military contractors either as lobbyists, senior executives, board members or consultants. The companies include defense heavyweights, but also scores of smaller companies, all part of a vast assemblage of contractors scrambling for hundreds of billions in military business generated by the administration’s war on terror. It is a furious competition, one in which inside information and easy access to senior officials are highly prized. ..." Read more
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