KEN SILVERSTEIN?Return of the Pentagon?s Media Surrogates PDF Print E-mail
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The New York Times has a terrific piece today called ?Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon?s Hidden Hand, which focused on how a Defense Department program worked with retired military officials and prepped them to serve as ?military analysts.? The Pentagon program ?used those analysts in a campaign to generate favorable news coverage of the administration?s wartime performance, an examination by the New York Times has found?Internal Pentagon documents repeatedly refer to the military analysts as ?message force multipliers? or ?surrogates? who could be counted on to deliver administration ?themes and messages? to millions of Americans ?in the form of their own opinions.? . . .
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KEN SILVERSTEIN?McCain?s Tax Returns and Charity PDF Print E-mail
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From the New York Times: . . .
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KEN SILVERSTEIN?Top Democratic Strategist Ensnared in Scandal (Not Really) PDF Print E-mail
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I?m just kidding with that headline?if it had been true?if, say, one of Barack Obama?s senior advisors had sought help for a failed brothel owner and convicted felon, you would have heard about it. However?one of Senator John McCain?s top campaign strategists is embroiled in precisely such a situation. Which raises the question: why isn?t it front-page news? . . .
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KEN SILVERSTEIN?When You Hear the Word ?Freedom,? Reach For your Wallet PDF Print E-mail
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Now here?s a sweet deal: . . .
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KEN SILVERSTEIN?Deep Throats: A Compilation of Debate Porn PDF Print E-mail
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Also: Wal-Mart or the Weather Underground: Which is the bigger threat to America?This compilation from TPM captures the full horror of last night?s Democratic debate. It?s worth watching for the grim amusement value. . . .
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