This piece is a summary of five most commonly deployed crisis management propaganda tactics which the State and Media combine that we can expect to see in relation to the Haditha Massacre. Listed in a loose chronological order of their deployment, the tactics are: Delay, Distract, Discredit, Spotlight and Scapegoat. Each of the five public relations campaigns will here be discussed in the context of the Haditha Massacre Full Story »
Posted by Lisa Flay
As a journalistic piece, it's primary weakness seems to be that the conclusion it reaches is not consistent with the evidence presented. By inferring the motivation for the BBC piece being held back and the timing of its release, a great leap is taken. In other words, stories get held back in queue in news organizations every day for reasons only than a propaganda ploy. That fact of real world editorial policy undercuts certain assumptions upon which the conclusion of the piece is derived.
