{"id":8041,"date":"2013-07-29T14:27:52","date_gmt":"2013-07-29T14:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=8041"},"modified":"2013-07-29T14:32:47","modified_gmt":"2013-07-29T14:32:47","slug":"independent-media-shake-establishment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=8041","title":{"rendered":"Independent media shake establishment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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George Little<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In a groveling public display earlier this week, the American Department of Defense announced plans to increase its public affairs efforts due to the devastating effect independent media is having on the Pentagon\u2019s ability to control its news, more specifically, its ability to quash negative news stories before they go viral.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, the DoD bemoaned the fact that, because of citizen journalists, social media and other online platforms reporting news in real time, the public is more quickly becoming aware of the constant patterns of contradictions and habitual lying by a government long ago captured by a group of corrupt interests.<\/p>\n

\u201c..we cannot hide our bad news stories. Bad news gets out one way or the other and we must come to terms with telling bad stories as well as the good,\u201d the secretary of defense for public affairs, George Little, stated.<\/p>\n

When bad things happen, the American people should hear it from the DoD, not as a scoop on an aggregated news site, Little said.<\/p>\n

When it came time for a brief question and answer segment, Staff Sgt Hostutler, a junior enlisted member of Air Force production, highlighted that many in her position feel that, as a result of recent spates of negative publicity, the American people are just not buying their stories anymore, making it difficult to execute positive spin effectively.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy question is: you mentioned that we need to start telling the story about the bad news as well as the good, and the issue I see that we\u2019re facing\u2026 It seems like we have this culture in our career to kinda glaze over these issues and put out this positive press, and \u201cNo, our jets are fine,\u201d and so with the good and the bad, I don\u2019t think the American people actually trust us to deliver accurate information.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s the plan to change that in the way ahead, because to continue the way we have, to continue to put that positive spin, it feels like we\u2019re losing a lot of our audience because they\u2019re not listening, because we keep saying the same thing over, everything is okay, and it\u2019s not\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026 Is there a plan to kinda change the way that we think? Because as it is, a lot of people, from what I can see, are going through, \u201cWe\u2019re putting out mindless propaganda,\u201d is what some of us feel that we\u2019re putting out and what the American people feel that we\u2019re putting out, so how do we change this?\u201d<\/p>\n

In essence, this is a signal of defeat to the power that is independent media, and shows just how large of an effect it is having. All independent forms of journalism alive on the web today are frequently been the target of naysayer critics saying these stories actively \u201churt\u201d the White House\u2019s message \u201con a daily basis.\u201d<\/p>\n

On one hand, the government has revealed it is not invincible to the onslaught of curious, honest and hard-working journalists eager to obtain and report the truth. It shows just how vulnerable the man behind the curtain really is; in all his power, he\u2019s upset over the few forms of media he can\u2019t control.<\/p>\n

With their constant contradictions being exposed, the American government is finding it harder to keep their stories straight and consistently gets caught off-guard. – prisonplanet.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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