Yes, it appears Al-Qaida's giant information ministry, staffed with thousands of willing islamofascists working at thousands of computers in the heart of Terror City has been deviously manipulating the media.

In fact, rather than the souls of the tens of thousands of innocent people he has killed, the almost 3,000 American soliders he needlessly sent to their deaths or screams of those he has approved for torture keeping Rummy awake at night, it is only this manipulation of the media that keeps him from a peaceful slumber.

Isn't the solution obvious then? To these nut jobs it certainly is - let the government manipulate the media even futher! Afterall, they are the ones who know the truth so why not let them provide us ALL of our information.

This new propaganda unit will "develop messages for the 24-hour news cycle and aim to correct the record". You can be happy in the thought that Rummy will be sleeping easy now that the government "...would monitor media such as weblogs and would also employ "surrogates", or top politicians or lobbyists who could be interviewed on TV and radio shows".

WAR IS PEACE

FREEDOM IS SLAVERY

IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

We truely live in frightening times.

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Pentagon mounts media offensive
US troops in Iraq
US officials believe bad news from Iraq gets undue coverage
The Pentagon has set up a new unit to focus on promoting its message across 24-hour rolling news outlets, and particularly on the internet.

The US Defence Department said it would expand its public relations work to fight "inaccurate" news stories.

Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has said media manipulation by enemies of the US is the only thing keeping him awake at night.

Domestic support for the war in Iraq has fallen as US mid-term polls near.

The opposition Democrats are trying to win control of Congress from the Republicans.

'Correcting messages'

The newly-established Pentagon unit would use "new media" channels to push its message, a spokesman said.

"We're looking at being quicker to respond to breaking news," the spokesman said.

"Being quicker to respond, frankly, to inaccurate statements."

According to the BBC's Justin Webb in Washington, the Bush administration does not believe the true picture of events in Iraq has been made public.

He says the administration is particularly concerned that insurgents in areas such as Iraq have been able to use the web to disseminate their message and give the impression they are more powerful than the US.

A Pentagon memo seen by the Associated Press news agency said the new unit will "develop messages" for the 24-hour news cycle and aim to "correct the record".

A spokesman said the unit would monitor media such as weblogs and would also employ "surrogates", or top politicians or lobbyists who could be interviewed on TV and radio shows.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6100906.stm