[IP] more on Satellite Link Allows White House to Bypass TV Networks

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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Dave

My recollection is that the US Government is forbidden, by Federal Law,
from "propogandizing" the American public.  I recall being in a USIA film
several decades ago that I was forbiden to see...ostensibly because of that
legislation.

How come the Pentagon can do this?

Any attorneys out there?
--

Bob Rosenberg,

"Drug use, some might say, is destroying this country. And we have laws 
against
selling drugs, pushing drugs, using drugs, importing drugs...And so if people
are violating the law by doing drugs, they ought to be accused and they ought
to be convicted and they ought to be sent up." Rush Limbaugh, Oct. 5, 1995.

I yearn for the day when eternal vigilance doesn't have to be quite so bloody
vigilant!

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Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 00:20:18 -0500
From: Richard Forno <rforno@infowarrior.org>
Subject: FW: Iraq: Satellite Link Allows White House to Bypass TV Networks
To: Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>, Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>

Can anyone say "domestic information operations designed to gain favorable
public support before the 2004 elections?"

I wonder how bad the spin is going to be....

Rick
-infowarrior.org


Pentagon Plans Iraq Channel
Satellite Link Allows White House to Bypass TV Networks

By Mike Allen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, November 15, 2003; Page A17

In an escalation of White House efforts to circumvent what President Bush
calls the news media "filter," the Pentagon plans to launch a 24-hour
satellite channel from Baghdad to make it easier for U.S. television
stations to air government-authorized news about Iraq.

The satellite link, dubbed "C-SPAN Baghdad" within the administration, is to
go on the air in a week or two. It begins at a time when guerrilla violence
in Iraq is increasing and the White House is revising and accelerating plans
to transfer governing authority to Iraqis.

Administration officials assert that U.S. news organizations have emphasized
violence and setbacks in occupied Iraq while playing down progress. The
officials say the satellite capability is designed to help local stations
interview U.S. authorities in Iraq and offer live coverage of military
ceremonies and briefings relevant to their geographic areas.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42547-2003Nov14.html

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