How the Pentagon planted a false story

The source of this spate of stories can now be identified as Bryan Whitman, the top Pentagon official in charge of media relations, who gave a press briefing for Pentagon correspondents that morning. Although Whitman did offer a few remarks on the record, most of the Whitman briefing was off the record, meaning that he could not be cited as the source. Full Story »

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Louise Auerhahn
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by Louise Auerhahn - Oct. 1, 2008

Excellent and important story. One very minor point - in graf 19 (I think) author mentions the audio as being on a "VHS channel", which should be "VHF channel", no? VHS is a videotape...

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