The Word at War

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Posted on Mar 27, 2006

The Washington Post pulls back the curtain on the firm responsible for producing pro-U.S. propaganda in Iraq. (Hint: they call propaganda “influence.”)

The Washington Post:

Oh, no, not at all—the Lincoln Group does not do propaganda. Sure, the firm’s been tarred by some in Congress, the media and the defense establishment for paying Iraqi newspapers to publish hundreds of “news” stories secretly written by U.S. troops.

But Paige Craig, the West Point dropout and former Marine intelligence specialist who is the Lincoln Group’s president, says the practice is not propaganda. The word carries such baggage, such suggestions of mind control. So in an industry in which euphemism thrives, a more elegant word is deployed.

“We call it ‘influence,’ ” says Craig, whose business has 12 U.S. government contracts totaling more than $130 million.

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By J. Thomas Duffy, March 27, 2006 at 6:16 am Link to this comment
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We did a riff on this last week, on The Garlic

New Bush Brouhaha – Did Lincoln Group Clear Themselves Of Wrongdoing?
Inquiry Allegedly Finds No Violations; Defense Dept. Now Investigating Who Sent Out Press Release
http://puregarlic.blogspot.com/2006/03/news-in-brief-one-propaganda.html

Peace
JTD

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