Pentagon Hires Rendon Group to Profile and Rate Journalists Covering Afghanistan War

The U.S. Army in Afghanistan has admitted it pays a private company to produce background profiles on journalists covering the war. The Pentagon has been on the defensive ever since the Army newspaper Stars and Stripes revealed this week that journalists were being screened by the Washington-based public relations firm, The Rendon Group, under a $1.5 million dollar contract with the military. Documents obtained by the paper reveal journalists were ... Full Story »

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Randy Morrow
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by Randy Morrow - Aug. 30, 2009

This transcript discusses the possibility that journalists are being screened based on reports complied by a company that has participated in covert operations, and that as a consequence reports on Afghanistan are being "steered".

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