Pentagon suspends program for military 'media analysts'

Agence France-Presse | Apr. 30, 2008 (News Report)

Washington - The Pentagon has suspended a public affairs program that has come under fire for using retired military "media analysts" as surrogates to get out its messages on the Iraq war, a spokesman confirmed Monday.

Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said the program was undergoing an internal review following criticism that the retired officers offered Pentagon talking points as their own during the run-up to the Iraq invasion and ... Full Story »

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Payal Kamat
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 by Payal Kamat - Aug. 18, 2009

well the story seems like a quick read for a flip thru reader, however this is good based on the shrinking attention span of the reader. But if it had involved more quotes it would add credibility to the article and make it more informative and a contextual reading.

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Michael Lombardo
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Kaizar Campwala
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David Cohn
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Akash Parikh
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Olivia Ma
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David Pablo Cohn
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Joel Kulenkamp
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Joey Baker
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 by Joey Baker - Aug. 18, 2009

Not much info, but a short brief.

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Fabrice Florin
2.9
 by Fabrice Florin - Jun. 23, 2009
Fabrice posted this story.
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Peter Norvig
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 by Peter Norvig - Oct. 1, 2008
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Andre Rohe
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Ari Soglin
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Michelle Levander
3.1
 by Michelle Levander - Oct. 1, 2008

It is a standard wire story...short and to the point

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Suzanne McBride
3.0
 by Suzanne McBride - Oct. 1, 2008

This is a standard folo to an ongoing story, though it directly quotes just one source. I would have liked to have seen an attempt to reach some of the retired military analysts and links to the April 20th New York Times story.

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Josh Schwartzman
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 by Josh Schwartzman - Oct. 1, 2008
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