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Pentagon Propaganda Pushback: As Congress takes action, how will the president and the media respond?

To: Interested Parties
From: J. Jioni Palmer, Media Matters for America
Re: Pentagon Propaganda Pushback: As Congress takes action, how will the president and the media respond?
Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2008

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Washington,
DC - Media Matters for America today applauds
the inclusion of language in the 2009 Defense Authorization Bill responding to
criticism of the clandestine relationship among media military analysts, the
Pentagon, and the defense industries.
The bill was sent on Monday to President Bush, who has not yet taken
action.

The legislative language --
sponsored by Rep. Paul Hodes (NH-02) and supported by Reps. Rosa DeLauro
(CT-03) and Peter DeFazio (OR-04) and Sens. Frank Lautenberg (NJ), Robert
Menendez (NJ), Hillary Clinton (NY), Byron Dorgan (ND), and John Kerry (MA) --
was prompted by an April report in The
New York Times. A subsequent
analysis b... >>>