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>
> Dear simone,
>
> The Pentagon is infiltrating the media with pro-war propaganda.
>
> Take Action Now
>
>
> Yesterday, the New York Times exposed a secret Pentagon campaign to  
> infiltrate the media with pro-war propaganda.
>
> The scheme reaches all the way to the Bush White House, where top  
> officials recruited dozens of "military analysts" to spread  
> favorable views of the war via every major news channel -- without  
> revealing they were working from Pentagon scripts and often  
> lobbying for major military contractors.
>
> Spreading "covert propaganda" is illegal under federal law.  
> Congress must investigate these military pundits and their ties to  
> the Bush administration, defense contractors and our national news  
> media.
>
> Tell Congress: Investigate the Propaganda Pundits
>
> Signing this letter does work. If we can get 50,000 people to join  
> this call to Congress, they will likely take action to stop  
> government propaganda.
>
> The more than 75 analysts exposed by the New York Times have become  
> fixtures of war coverage on CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, Fox News Channel  
> and MSNBC. The front-page article reveals the many ways that the  
> Pentagon fed them pro-war talking points and misinformation. The  
> White House even has a name for these covert propagandists:  
> “message force multipliers.”
>
> The pundits trade on their access to the media and the White House  
> to secure high-paying jobs as lobbyists, consultants and  
> contractors -- vying for hundreds of billions of dollars in  
> military business generated by the war.
>
> Take Action: Investigate White House Propaganda
>
> An administration secretly forcing favorable views via the press is  
> not a partisan issue. This is a violation of every conceivable  
> standard of journalism -- and possibly of federal law.
>
> It's time the truth about the selling of this war came out. You can  
> help make this happen.
>
> Take action and then forward this e-mail to all of your friends.
>
> Onward,
>
> Josh Silver
> Executive Director
> Free Press Action Fund
> www.freepress.net
>
> P.S. Read the New York Times' front-page exposé:http:// 
> www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/washington/20generals.html.
>
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