Pentagon suspends program for military 'media analysts'

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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Suzanne McBride
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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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