Pentagon Starts Foreign News Sites

RedOrbit 19 months ago

Pentagon Starts Foreign News Sites

WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon is setting up a global network of foreign-language news websites, including an Arabic site for Iraqis, and hiring local journalists to write current events stories and other content that promote U.S. interests and counter... Full Article at RedOrbit

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It's important to ... engage these foreign audiences and inform
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This is deliberate deception, and it's bad ... (because) it weakens the image of journalism as an objective bystander
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Youngsters on the street are into the World Wide Web -- that's how they communicate, how they learn what's going on in the world, how they stay informed -- and they pick and choose what (news sources) they have on their desktop
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This is about trying to control the message, either by bypassing the media or putting your version of the message out before others (and) ... there's a heavy responsibility to let people know where you're coming from
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Is this propaganda? No ... It's intended to counter extremist propaganda ... with truth.
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We're the exception, and unfortunately, we begin to look more and more like the rest of the world when we do this sort of thing.
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erode the independence of Iraqi media
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Our adversaries use the Internet to great advantage, so we have the responsibility of countering (their messages) with accurate, truthful information, and these websites are a good vehicle.
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We have to be involved in that in order to communicate effectively.
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In some parts of the world, it's just important to have a reliable, steady source of news ... and being straightforward and truthful is the best way to have a long-term impact ... I think most (users) know these are Defense Department sites -- they really don't hide it at all -- and the audience is goin...
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