Pentagon Pundit Scandal Broke the Law

PR Watch by Diane Farsetta, Sheldon Rampton | May. 11, 2008 (News Analysis)

The Pentagon military analyst program unveiled in last week's expose' by David Barstow in the New York Times was not just unethical but illegal. It violates, for starters, specific restrictions that Congress has been placing in its annual appropriation bills every year since 1951. According to those restrictions, "No part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United States not ... Full Story »

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 by Roland F. Hirsch - Oct. 1, 2008

This opinion piece has little journalistic value. The author provides numerous quotes that are not relevant to this issue. For example the Armstrong Williams case involved payments to Mr Williams. The author of this piece apparently does not know that the Pentagon made no payments to any reporter or analyst. The NY Times article did help the paper reach its weekly goal of losing 2000 subscribers last week, not much else can be said in favor of it or this opinion piece.

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