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‘I Was a PR Intern in Iraq’

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Posted on Sep 18, 2006

A young Oxford graduate and wannabe foreign correspondent describes his summer internship working in the Green Zone of Iraq for the Lincoln Group, the company that has been paying Iraqi media to run news stories favorable to the U.S.


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... I couldn’t fathom doing the work any longer. I had become what I had to admit was the antithesis of a journalist. And if I continued to suborn Iraqi reporters with U.S. military money, this would surely mean I would never be able to work as one.

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By David Rothmiller, September 19, 2006 at 9:46 am Link to this comment
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A brilliant overview of the dangers of the military/private contractor relationship. Now that much of this “war” is subbed out, we have created a “crack whore” environment into which the military actions are prosecuted. The asking price for collaboration will only go up.

Buying Iraqi loyalties by the column inch was not the purpose for the billions of American tax dollars sent into this fiasco. A million bucks to air one TV commercial in Baghdad ? Interns driving around the Red Zone with 3 mil in the trunk? Mr. Willem should expect a movie deal soon.

While filming recently in Jordan, I saw first-hand the results of private contractors’ “market research” in Iraq. Torture victims are now attempting to sue Titan and CACI for abuse while in their employee’s custody. However, no international law currently applies to these corporations.

“Iraq For Sale”, the new Greenwald expose will be screening across the country beginning October 8. Make an effort to see it.

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By kevin99999, September 18, 2006 at 12:30 pm Link to this comment
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The corporate media is not a place for you either. You would be doing exactly the same, but for different reasons and motivation.

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