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Old 12-15-2005, 08:32 AM  
mardigras
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Interesting quote from the article:
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It's legal for the government to plant propaganda in other countries but not in the USA.
Quotes from a couple guys with clues:
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The Iraq example may cause Arabs to doubt any pro-American messages, says Jumana al-Tamimi, an editor for the Gulf News, an English-language newspaper published in the United Arab Emirates.

Placing pro-U.S. content in foreign media "makes people suspicious of the open press," says Ken Bacon, a Clinton administration Pentagon spokesman who heads the non-profit group Refugees International.
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