JonBenetRamsey
12-02-2005, 04:44 PM
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The U.S. military has been secretly paying Iraqi newspapers and television stations via a defense contractor to run news stories favorable to the United States, the Los Angeles Times disclosed today (Wednesday), citing unnamed U.S. military officials and documents obtained by the newspaper. The Times said that the articles were planted in the Iraqi media by the Washington-based Lincoln Group, whose staff, or its subcontractors, sometimes pose as freelance reporters or advertising executives when they deliver the stories to the media outlets. One senior Pentagon official who opposes the practice told the Times: "Here we are trying to create the principles of democracy in Iraq. Every speech we give in that country is about democracy. And we're breaking all the first principles of democracy when we're doing it." The newspaper noted that besides its contract with the military in Iraq, Lincoln Group also won a $100-million contract with U.S. Special Operations Command to help "develop a strategic communications campaign."
The U.S. military has been secretly paying Iraqi newspapers and television stations via a defense contractor to run news stories favorable to the United States, the Los Angeles Times disclosed today (Wednesday), citing unnamed U.S. military officials and documents obtained by the newspaper. The Times said that the articles were planted in the Iraqi media by the Washington-based Lincoln Group, whose staff, or its subcontractors, sometimes pose as freelance reporters or advertising executives when they deliver the stories to the media outlets. One senior Pentagon official who opposes the practice told the Times: "Here we are trying to create the principles of democracy in Iraq. Every speech we give in that country is about democracy. And we're breaking all the first principles of democracy when we're doing it." The newspaper noted that besides its contract with the military in Iraq, Lincoln Group also won a $100-million contract with U.S. Special Operations Command to help "develop a strategic communications campaign."