propaganda

U.S. to Fund Pro-American Publicity in Iraqi Media

Stevie Converse — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:34:11 -0700

Georgia Cuts Access to Russian Web Sites, TV News

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:42:37 -0700

Senate Bill Would Block Pentagon Propaganda

Stevie Converse — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:07:48 -0700

On Monday, Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) introduced S. 3099, a bill that prohibits the Defense Department from using government funds to spread propaganda.

McClellan to Testify Before Judiciary Committee

Stevie Converse — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:51:33 -0700

Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan, whose scathing memoir about his time in the Bush administration sent waves through Washington D.C., has agreed to testify before the House Judiciary Committee, a senior committee official told The Huffington Post.

Battle over McClellan's Criticism of Media on War Rages

Stevie Converse — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:02:23 -0700

In the wake of the Scott McClellan revelations this week, reporters and TV anchors (past and present) have split on how much to take to heart his criticism of the media for getting "hoodwinked" by President Bush on the run-up to the Iraq war. Katie Couric admitted some failings, while Tom Brokaw admitted none. The debate got even hotter on Friday.

Attack on White House Propaganda

Stevie Converse — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:50:36 -0700

There is growing momentum in Washington for a crackdown on government-issued information.

Because of a small addition to a bill that passed the House of Representatives, the inspector general of the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) may be joining the FCC in investigating the Bush administration's “embedded analyst” program.

Tower of Babble Rabble

Stevie Converse — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:52:26 -0700

Former White House Press secretary Scott McClellan is excoriated for stating the obvious.

McClellan and the 'Enablers'

Stevie Converse — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:54:53 -0700

For all the press attention swirling around Scott McClellan's explosive tell-all, there's a brewing back story that's making Katie Couric and Charles Gibson squirm. And they're not alone.

McClellan and the Enablers

Timothy Karr — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 06:34:47 -0700

For all the press attention swirling around Scott McClellan's explosive tell-all, there's a brewing back story that's making Katie Couric and Charles Gibson squirm. And they're not alone.

Was Press a War 'Enabler?' Two Offer a Nod from Inside

Stevie Converse — Fri, 30 May 2008 11:41:52 -0700

In his new memoir, “What Happened,” Scott McClellan, the former White House press secretary, said the national news media neglected their watchdog role in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, calling reporters “complicit enablers” of the Bush administration’s push for war.

Surprisingly, some prominent journalists have agreed.

Selling a War

Stevie Converse — Fri, 30 May 2008 08:22:22 -0700

The U.S. House of Representatives has angrily and appropriately lashed out at a Pentagon program that used retired senior military officers as propaganda surrogates to sell the Iraq war.

Wexler Wants McClellan to Testify

Stevie Converse — Fri, 30 May 2008 08:19:16 -0700

Calling the revelations in Scott McClellan’s book “earth-shattering,” Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.) has called on the former White House press secretary to testify under oath before the House Judiciary Committee.

Former Bush Aide Says McClellan Is Getting Ripped for Telling the Truth

Stevie Converse — Fri, 30 May 2008 08:16:21 -0700

In response to his scathing memoir detailing the "propaganda"-filled run up to war and seedy political machinations behind the CIA leak case, Scott McClellan has received withering criticism from his former colleagues. A money grubbing, attention seeking, devoid-of-principles hack has been the description of choice; "this is not the Scotty we knew," the most popular quote.

In Wake of McClellan Charges: When Bill Moyers Revealed How the Press Bought the War

Stevie Converse — Fri, 30 May 2008 07:48:58 -0700

Debate continues today over charges by former White House spokesman Scott McClellan, in a new book and on TV, that his former boss "hoodwinked" the media, and the public, into going along with the U.S. attack on Iraq in 2003.

GAO, Pentagon's IG Investigate Military TV Analysts

Stevie Converse — Fri, 30 May 2008 07:38:10 -0700

The Defense Department's inspector general (IG) as well as the General Accountability Office (GAO) began investigations last week into the Pentagon's private briefings of retired military analysts.

McClellan: White House Wanted Him to Stay Silent

Stevie Converse — Fri, 30 May 2008 07:35:20 -0700

Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan, speaking out for the first time since publication of his searing memoir, told NBC's "Today" show on Thursday that he erroneously believed what President Bush was saying about the war but now

CNN's Yellin: Network Executives Killed Critical White House Stories

Stevie Converse — Thu, 29 May 2008 09:47:05 -0700

On Wednesday night, CNN's Jessica Yellin talked to Anderson Cooper about Scott McClellan's tell-all memoir and agreed with the former press secretary that White House reporters "dropped the ball" during the run-up to war.

Watch the video

White House Reporters Not Shocked by McClellan

Stevie Converse — Thu, 29 May 2008 09:40:00 -0700

Even after Scott McClellan’s publisher released a juicy excerpt from his memoir last November, some of his former combatants in the White House press corps remained skeptical that the longtime Bush loyalist would really open up.

But Newsweek’s White House correspondent Richard Wolffe wasn’t one of them.

Amendment Targets Embedded-Analyst Program

Stevie Converse — Thu, 29 May 2008 06:02:32 -0700

It looks like the inspector general of the Defense Department and the Government Accountability Office may be joining the Federal Communications Commission in investigating the Bush administration's “embedded analyst” program.

Exposing Washington's Spinning Permanent Campaign

Stevie Converse — Thu, 29 May 2008 05:42:14 -0700

In a White House full of Bush loyalists, none was more loyal than Scott McClellan, the bland press secretary who spread the company line for all the government to follow each day. His word, it turns out, was worthless, his confessional memoir a glimpse into Washington's world of spin and even outright deception.