how do i get in on this act? i can make up stories too!

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US Paying Iraqi Media to Publish US-Authored Reports

The Los Angeles Times is reporting the US military is secretly paying Iraqi

newspapers to publish American-written articles favorable to the U.S. presence

in Iraq. The Times reports articles written by U.S. military “information

operations†are translated into Arabic and then placed in Iraqi newspapers

with the help of Washington-based defense contractor the Lincoln Group. The

articles are presented to an Iraqi audience as unbiased news accounts written by

independent journalists. The Lincoln Group’s contract is worth up to $100

million dollars over five years. A senior Pentagon official commented : “Here

we are trying to create the principles of democracy in Iraq. Every speech we

give in that country is about democracy. And we’re breaking all the first

principles of democracy when we’re doing it.â€

 

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