http://clipmarks.com/clipper/ratilfar/date/2008/4/19/http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/ratilfar/date/2008/4/19/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/2A4D82EC-8C4E-4B27-BC5D-B8F89776E1E6/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/ratilfar/">ratilfar</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> What a surprise. Not! <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/washington/20generals.html?_r=1&ex=1366344000&en=196b27df83cc255c&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&page&oref=slogin" title="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/washington/20generals.html?_r=1&ex=1366344000&en=196b27df83cc255c&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&page&oref=slogin">www.nytimes.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/ratilfar/512/C924760B-1EFD-4CD4-BD8E-C9D4D3A0EC12.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>In the summer of 2005, the Bush administration confronted a fresh wave of criticism over <A title="More news and information about Guantánamo." href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/national/usstatesterritoriesandpossessions/guantanamobaynavalbasecuba/index.html?inline=nyt-geo">Guantánamo Bay</A>. The detention center had just been branded “the gulag of our times” by <A title="More articles about Amnesty International" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/a/amnesty_international/index.html?inline=nyt-org">Amnesty International</A>, there were new allegations of abuse from <A title="More articles about the United Nations." href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/u/united_nations/index.html?inline=nyt-org">United Nations</A> human rights experts and calls were mounting for its closure.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> To the public, these men are members of a familiar fraternity, presented tens of thousands of times on television and radio as “military analysts” whose long service has equipped them to give authoritative and unfettered judgments about the most pressing issues of the post-Sept. 11 world. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Hidden behind that appearance of objectivity, though, is a Pentagon information apparatus that has used those analysts in a campaign to generate favorable news coverage of the administration’s wartime performance, an examination by The New York Times has found.</P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/military/" rel="tag">military</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/information/" rel="tag">information</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/complex/" rel="tag">complex</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/media/" rel="tag">media</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/news/" rel="tag">news</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/lies/" rel="tag">lies</a></div>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/washington/20generals.html?_r=1&ex=1366344000&en=196b27df83cc255c&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&page&oref=sloginSat, 19 Apr 2008 23:54:37 GMT