Mainstream media engaged in running gun-battle with U.S. Forces

Has there ever been a time in American history that the Department of Defense (or its predecessor, the War Department) was forced to mount "information operations" against the mainstream media?

Not until recently, that much is certain.


Over the course of the last five weeks, the DOD has been forced to respond to a variety of fabrications and exaggerations excreted by MSM outlets. And I'm sure you can guess the worst offender. No, it's not the Huntington Herald-Dispatch. It's the New York Times: the Pravda to the DNC's Politburo; and a veritable cornucopia of terrorist talking-points.

Over the last several weeks, the DOD has been forced into a running scribe-battle with the Times, including (but not limited to) the following articles:

    • 11-21-06 – The Best Led, Trained, and Equipped Army
    • 11-09-06 – The Real Record on Transformation
    • 10-27-06 – The New York Times on "Real Terrorists"
    • 10-24-06 – New York Times Involved in Mythmaking

Maybe the DOD could execute a "phased redeployment" of its For the Record authors so we could devote more resources to fighting the war on terror.

I strongly encourage all bloggers to link to the DOD's For the Record anti-disinformation website, designed exclusively to defeat the enemy's mainstream media's information warfare and psychological operations programs.


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