{"id":1274,"date":"2009-05-20T14:50:23","date_gmt":"2009-05-20T21:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1274"},"modified":"2009-05-20T18:41:50","modified_gmt":"2009-05-21T01:41:50","slug":"spincom-still-a-deafening-silence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1274","title":{"rendered":"SPINCOM: Still A Deafening Silence"},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple of weeks ago, I posted this story<\/a> on David Barstow, the author of Message Machine<\/a> for the New York Times. Yesterday, the New York Press Club awarded Barstow<\/a> it’s Golden Keyboard Award. Barstow had previously won a Pulitzer for the story.<\/p>\n

Message Machine described how the Pentagon in the Bush administration conspired to train and deploy former military personnel to spread propaganda in support of the war in Iraq. And if that weren’t bad enough, the program also permitted them to use their high profile media platform to enrich themselves and the defense contractors to whom they were attached.<\/p>\n

To date, Barstow has still not been invited to appear on any of the major news networks to discuss his article. The allegations have been investigated by Congress and by the Inspector General of the Pentagon. The Department of Defense halted the programs exposed by Barstow. He is continuing to receive accolades from his peers, but none of this is enough to persuade television news editors to book him.<\/p>\n

We can eliminate Fox News as a potential host for a discussion with Barstow. But at the very least we ought to be able to get MSNBC to schedule a segment or two. Feel free to give them some encouragement.<\/p>\n

Contact MSNBC:
\nMSNBC General<\/a>
\nKeith Olbermann<\/a>
\nRachel Maddow<\/a>
\nEd Schultz<\/a>
\nDavid Shuster<\/a>
\nChris Matthews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A couple of weeks ago, I posted this story on David Barstow, the author of Message Machine for the New York Times. Yesterday, the New York Press Club awarded Barstow it’s Golden Keyboard Award. Barstow had previously won a Pulitzer for the story. 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