October 31, 2006

Pentagon Launches “Media War” Unit

In what could be a move towards greater media outlet monitoring and control, the Pentagon has announced that it will “set up a new unit to better promote its message across 24-hour rolling news outlets, and particularly on the internet.” (Source: BBC) This new unit has a “mandate” to develop messages and aims to “correct the record.” The responses across Slashdot have been flying this morning. It makes for interesting reading. Because of...

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