8.31.2006

It's all about the PR with these guys.

Positive Press on Iraq Is Aim of U.S. Contract:
The contract calls for assembling a database of selected news stories and assessing their tone as part of a program to provide "public relations products" that would improve coverage of the military command's performance, according to a statement of work attached to the proposal.
Yesterday in an interview with MSNBC's Brian Williams, when asked about "the perception of America overseas," Dubya lamented...
Now in terms of image, of course I worry about American image.
And the day before that, here's what the Rummy had to say:
FALLON NAVAL AIR STATION, Nev. -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Monday he is deeply troubled by the success of terrorist groups in "manipulating the media" to influence Westerners.

"That's the thing that keeps me up at night," he said during a question-and-answer session with about 200 naval aviators and other Navy personnel at this flight training base for Navy and Marine pilots.
So never mind, you know, those pesky facts. It's all about the spin.

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