Controlling the News February 12/13
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During the middle of March, 2003, tbrnews received an email from a man who claimed to be a mid-level executive with a major American television network. He stated in this, and subsequent, emails that he was in possession of “thousands” of pages of in-house memos sent from his corporate headquarters in New York City to the head of the network’s television news department. He went on to say that these memos set forth directives about what material was, and was not, to be aired on the various outlets of the network.
(February 12, 2004) Much ado about the actual casualty figures from Iraq. Pentagon says only two to three thousand injured but the actual figure is now over 10,000! Also, growing rumors that the dead are way underreported. This theory is supported by a Presidential order prohibiting any photographs to be taken at Dover AFB where the remains of dead GIs are flown in. An Air Force person called one of our reporters with the news that there have been a lot more body bags being unloaded than the press reports and that security at Dover is “very, very high” and that the personnel there are constantly warned against talking about the subject under dire threats of prosecution for violation of “national security.” …
(February 13) Bush is now blaming the CIA for giving him false and misleading intelligence but if he is not careful, the DCI will “leak” papers showing clearly that the Bush people were well aware that the false reports were just that; fakes. They asked for them and they got them. I guess they figured on a quick and successful war after which Bush could have his parades to salute and would have lots of bites of really nice patriotic scenes for the election…
See also:
Controlling the News Part 35
http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?id=1470
Controlling the News Part 33
http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?id=1425
Controlling the News Part 30
http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?id=1388
Controlling the News Part 22
http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?id=1200
Controlling the News Part 21
www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?id=1163
Bush Has to Go
www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?ID=1150
Sensational Memos Lift the Lid on News Control
www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?id=982
Last updated 07/07/2004