The U.S. Special Operations Command has outsourced the use of American propaganda in Iraq and abroad. Despite the fact that the Pentagon backed away
from similar campaigns nearly three years ago, the U.S. military has hired three firms to produce newspaper stories, television broadcast as well as
internet media as a part of a new effort to initiate 'psychological warfare' overseas.
www.timesdispatch.com
The U.S. Special Operations Command has hired three firms to produce newspaper stories, television broadcasts and Web sites to spread American
propaganda overseas.
The Tampa-based military headquarters, which oversees commandos and psychological warfare, may spend up to $100 million for the media campaign in the
next five years.
The Pentagon backed away from a similar campaign in 2002.
The use of contractors in psyops is a new wrinkle. But psychological warfare expert Herb Friedman said he is not surprised.
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Federal law prohibits the use of propaganda on American citizens however some critics believe that this new program might back fire on the American
public.
Nancy Snow, a propaganda expert at California State illustrates this point vividly: 'If you plant false stories, how can you control where the story
goes?'
[edit on 6/11/2005 by Simulacra]
