Posted on 06/12/2012 9:12:14 AM PDT by Steve Peacock
U.S. taxpayers soon will pay for hotel rooms, flights, and even the TV production costs of foreign journalists covering the Department of State. The purported goal of the endeavor is to communicate and promote U.S. policies and "American values."
The new project comes at a time when State separately is attempting to buy, produce, and disseminate its own media broadcasts, establishing a paid 24/7 "news" service with contractor assistance (see Obama Assembling de facto Propaganda Ministry; U.S. Trade & Aid Monitor, May 6, 2012).
The department through the new foreign media initiative will hire a contractor to provide "logistical, administrative and financial services" to journalists "selected" to travel to the U.S. on two-week "TV Co-ops," according to a Request for Proposals...
(Excerpt) Read more at tradeaidmonitor.com ...
more co-conspirators. How many muslims?
TRANSLATION: "Make Ubama look good."
Al Jazeera becomes official US channel?
With the national press under the control of Obama, time to co-opt the troublesome world press that persists in sometimes publishing the truth about him and his administration...BOHICA, taxpayer.
“The purported goal of the endeavor is to communicate and promote U.S. policies and “American values.”
Translate “American values” to read “Democrat values”.
Overkill IMO just to cover up the hiring of a makeup artist for Hillary.
WTF??????????
A clear 1st Amendment violation, interfering with a free and independent press.
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