Fox News= W. T.V.
Scott McClellan admits on Hardball that the White House fed Fox News hosts talking points. Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow point out that in the US, the government is forbidden to propagandize the public.
It has long been known that Fox Cable News head Roger Ailes (a former Republican Party official) and other high executives routinely sent memos to the newsrooms instructing them to spin stories in particular ways. And one always suspected that the talking points actually came over from Bush's and Cheney's offices. Now McClellan confirms it.
posted by Juan Cole @ 7/27/2008 12:05:00 AM
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Maddow is excellent, isn't she? STrong point about propaganda. Makes me think of the infomercial. The line between info and commercial sales was blurred/eliminated first, leading to making this next step possible and acceptable. She's mad; a lot of people won't even get it.
"in the US, the government is forbidden to propagandize the public."
HA-HA
It was the best joke I EVER have heard.
ALL governments DO propaganda, and USA one did and do it, but it seems Maddow just sees it NOW!
And, by the way, FOX is NOT such different from CNN or NYT - they all repeat White House lies as gospell
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