The Pentagon wants to "lacquer" the blogosphere
The Pentagon is depressed by the fact that through the channels of social communications runs information that is not at all authentic to its policies and interests. Not always, when they talk about the war in Iraq, they cite official reports, and this causes tension in ministerial minds.
In order to somehow influence the situation, they created a special division for public relations, declaring that the “detachment of fighters” included in it would be engaged in propaganda for the most important social events.
According to the BBC , special attention will be paid to monitoring the blogs. Probably, the state structure is not satisfied with the records in the Internet diaries of American soldiers writing from the front line in Iraq. According to Ekho Moskvy , earlier data from the scene of events transmitted by the soldiers often did not coincide with those published in the “right” media.
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Prerequisites for the emergence of a propaganda unit in the Pentagon appeared long ago. In February of this year, US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld announced that Al-Qaida and other terrorist groups use mass communications more effectively than his department. He even admitted that he sleeps badly at night, because the enemies of America manipulate the media as they like. Now, the “inaccurate” reflection of events will be fought at the state level, and it is not specified whether it is only by means of propaganda.
The eye of the Pentagon, of course, will focus not only on the blogosphere. The administration of President Bush believes that it was not possible to bring the real picture of what has been achieved in Iraq to the mass consciousness, in connection with which they collect “heavy artillery” - they attract politicians and lobbyists to participate in radio and television programs.
In order to somehow influence the situation, they created a special division for public relations, declaring that the “detachment of fighters” included in it would be engaged in propaganda for the most important social events.
According to the BBC , special attention will be paid to monitoring the blogs. Probably, the state structure is not satisfied with the records in the Internet diaries of American soldiers writing from the front line in Iraq. According to Ekho Moskvy , earlier data from the scene of events transmitted by the soldiers often did not coincide with those published in the “right” media.
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Prerequisites for the emergence of a propaganda unit in the Pentagon appeared long ago. In February of this year, US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld announced that Al-Qaida and other terrorist groups use mass communications more effectively than his department. He even admitted that he sleeps badly at night, because the enemies of America manipulate the media as they like. Now, the “inaccurate” reflection of events will be fought at the state level, and it is not specified whether it is only by means of propaganda.
The eye of the Pentagon, of course, will focus not only on the blogosphere. The administration of President Bush believes that it was not possible to bring the real picture of what has been achieved in Iraq to the mass consciousness, in connection with which they collect “heavy artillery” - they attract politicians and lobbyists to participate in radio and television programs.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/4625/
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