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No Strings Attached?

How U.S. funding of the world press corps may be buying influence

By Jeremy Bigwood

Domestic propaganda campaigns like the “Pentagon Pundits” fiasco have been exposed and decried. Mainstream media outlets hired high-ranking military officers to provide “analysis” about the war in Iraq. Turns out they had ties to military contractors with a vested interest in continuing the war. Below the radar, another journalism scandal is brewing: the U.S. government is secretly funding foreign news outlets… return to article

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