Dateline Washington (December 7, 2004): Blatant propaganda system examined thoroughly, found to be working well.
A RAND Corporation study focusing on the Pentagon's embedding of journalists in military units found that that system "appears to be the best solution to date at balancing the needs of three core constituencies — the press, the military, and the public." What's more, "the Pentagon has finally overcome the knee-jerk distrust of news media coverage that has influenced so much of press-military relations since Vietnam."
Perhaps it's easier to trust someone when you have them bound, gagged, and completely dependent on you for their security.
Extra kudos to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review's Carl Prine for his rearrangement of the press release. We wouldn't want to raise any disturbing questions, would we now, Carl?
(Hat tip: Cursor.)
Considering I pre-read the very study, and was cited therein, it's a laugh to suggest I simply "re-arranged" the press release. I would suggest you actually read the work RAND did before you conclude something so ridiculous. Had you actually done so, you would have seen the work that went into the study.
But that would require a modicum of effort. Why do that when you can simply score meaningless blog points?
Posted by: Carl at December 13, 2004 09:36 AM