Independent: Bush 'planted fake news stories on American TV' - GoFuckYourself.com

chshkt · 05-29-2006, 03:58 PM

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/...icle621189.ece

Bush 'planted fake news stories on American TV'
By Andrew Buncombe in Washington
Published: 29 May 2006

Federal authorities are actively investigating dozens of American television stations for broadcasting items produced by the Bush administration and major corporations, and passing them off as normal news. Some of the fake news segments talked up success in the war in Iraq, or promoted the companies' products.

Investigators from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) are seeking information about stations across the country after a report produced by a campaign group detailed the extraordinary extent of the use of such items.

The report, by the non-profit group Centre for Media and Democracy, found that over a 10-month period at least 77 television stations were making use of the faux news broadcasts, known as Video News Releases (VNRs). Not one told viewers who had produced the items.

"We know we only had partial access to these VNRs and yet we found 77 stations using them," said Diana Farsetta, one of the group's researchers. "I would say it's pretty extraordinary. The picture we found was much worse than we expected going into the investigation in terms of just how widely these get played and how frequently these pre-packaged segments are put on the air."

Ms Farsetta said the public relations companies commissioned to produce these segments by corporations had become increasingly sophisticated in their techniques in order to get the VNRs broadcast. "They have got very good at mimicking what a real, independently produced television report would look like," she said.

The FCC has declined to comment on the investigation but investigators from the commission's enforcement unit recently approached Ms Farsetta for a copy of her group's report.

The range of VNR is wide. Among items provided by the Bush administration to news stations was one in which an Iraqi-American in Kansas City was seen saying "Thank you Bush. Thank you USA" in response to the 2003 fall of Baghdad. The footage was actually produced by the State Department, one of 20 federal agencies that have produced and distributed such items.

Many of the corporate reports, produced by drugs manufacturers such as Pfizer, focus on health issues and promote the manufacturer's product. One example cited by the report was a Hallowe'en segment produced by the confectionery giant Mars, which featured Snickers, M&Ms and other company brands. While the original VNR disclosed that it was produced by Mars, such information was removed when it was broadcast by the television channel - in this case a Fox-owned station in St Louis, Missouri.

Bloomberg news service said that other companies that sponsored the promotions included General Motors, the world's largest car maker, and Intel, the biggest maker of semi-conductors. All of the companies said they included full disclosure of their involvement in the VNRs. "We in no way attempt to hide that we are providing the video," said Chuck Mulloy, a spokesman for Intel. "In fact, we bend over backward to make this disclosure."

The FCC was urged to act by a lobbying campaign organised by Free Press, another non-profit group that focuses on media policy. Spokesman Craig Aaron said more than 25,000 people had written to the FCC about the VNRs. "Essentially it's corporate advertising or propaganda masquerading as news," he said. "The public obviously expects their news reports are going to be based on real reporting and real information. If they are watching an advertisement for a company or a government policy, they need to be told."

The controversy over the use of VNRs by television stations first erupted last spring. At the time the FCC issued a public notice warning broadcasters that they were obliged to inform viewers if items were sponsored. The maximum fine for each violation is $32,500 (£17,500).

Federal authorities are actively investigating dozens of American television stations for broadcasting items produced by the Bush administration and major corporations, and passing them off as normal news. Some of the fake news segments talked up success in the war in Iraq, or promoted the companies' products.

Investigators from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) are seeking information about stations across the country after a report produced by a campaign group detailed the extraordinary extent of the use of such items.

The report, by the non-profit group Centre for Media and Democracy, found that over a 10-month period at least 77 television stations were making use of the faux news broadcasts, known as Video News Releases (VNRs). Not one told viewers who had produced the items.

"We know we only had partial access to these VNRs and yet we found 77 stations using them," said Diana Farsetta, one of the group's researchers. "I would say it's pretty extraordinary. The picture we found was much worse than we expected going into the investigation in terms of just how widely these get played and how frequently these pre-packaged segments are put on the air."

Ms Farsetta said the public relations companies commissioned to produce these segments by corporations had become increasingly sophisticated in their techniques in order to get the VNRs broadcast. "They have got very good at mimicking what a real, independently produced television report would look like," she said.

The FCC has declined to comment on the investigation but investigators from the commission's enforcement unit recently approached Ms Farsetta for a copy of her group's report.

The range of VNR is wide. Among items provided by the Bush administration to news stations was one in which an Iraqi-American in Kansas City was seen saying "Thank you Bush. Thank you USA" in response to the 2003 fall of Baghdad. The footage was actually produced by the State Department, one of 20 federal agencies that have produced and distributed such items.
Many of the corporate reports, produced by drugs manufacturers such as Pfizer, focus on health issues and promote the manufacturer's product. One example cited by the report was a Hallowe'en segment produced by the confectionery giant Mars, which featured Snickers, M&Ms and other company brands. While the original VNR disclosed that it was produced by Mars, such information was removed when it was broadcast by the television channel - in this case a Fox-owned station in St Louis, Missouri.

Bloomberg news service said that other companies that sponsored the promotions included General Motors, the world's largest car maker, and Intel, the biggest maker of semi-conductors. All of the companies said they included full disclosure of their involvement in the VNRs. "We in no way attempt to hide that we are providing the video," said Chuck Mulloy, a spokesman for Intel. "In fact, we bend over backward to make this disclosure."

The FCC was urged to act by a lobbying campaign organised by Free Press, another non-profit group that focuses on media policy. Spokesman Craig Aaron said more than 25,000 people had written to the FCC about the VNRs. "Essentially it's corporate advertising or propaganda masquerading as news," he said. "The public obviously expects their news reports are going to be based on real reporting and real information. If they are watching an advertisement for a company or a government policy, they need to be told."

The controversy over the use of VNRs by television stations first erupted last spring. At the time the FCC issued a public notice warning broadcasters that they were obliged to inform viewers if items were sponsored. The maximum fine for each violation is $32,500 (£17,500).

chshkt · 05-29-2006, 03:58 PM

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/IraqCoverage/story?id=2015052

'I Pretended to Be Dead.' Girl, 12, was sole survivor when fer family was killed [by US terrorists] in Haditha; Congressman says 'mass murder' was covered up 28 May 2006 After a small group of Marines stormed the Younis family home in Haditha last November, everybody inside was killed -- except one person. ABC News has obtained an interview with the sole survivor, 12-year-old Safa Younis. The interview was done by a local Iraqi journalism student about one week after the killings on Nov. 19, 2005. ...The interviewer asks, "What did the American soldiers do when they broke into the house?" "They knocked at the door," Younis says. "My father went to open it, they shot him dead from behind the door, and then they shot him again after they opened the door." She describes hearing the Marines go through the rest of the house, shooting and setting off a grenade before getting to the bedroom where she was with her mother and siblings. "Then comes one American soldier and shot [at] us all," she says. "I pretended to be dead; and he did not know about me."

StickyGreen · 05-29-2006, 03:59 PM

as much as you would love to think, bush is not an evil person...sorry....

Doctor Dre · 05-29-2006, 04:00 PM

Everybody with a brain knows that the US gov use a lot of propaganda. The problem is that the victims of it don't. They are in front of TV fulltime.

Relish XXX · 05-29-2006, 04:02 PM

Karl Rove plants fake stories. Bush just wonders what day it is.

aico · 05-29-2006, 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Relish XXX

Karl Rove plants fake stories. Bush just wonders what day it is.

LMFAO

The Other Steve · 05-29-2006, 04:07 PM

There's nothing much different in that story to what happens in newspapers every single day of the week.

A lot of stories published even in leading papers are nothing more than press releases written by a copywriter and passed by the editor without a reporter ever seeing the story.

dannyz-zbuckz · 05-29-2006, 04:08 PM

Quote:

as much as you would love to think, bush is not an evil person...sorry....

He's a fucking failure, just do a search on Google for the word 'failure' and see who comes up first.

jimmy-3-way · 05-29-2006, 04:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Doctor Dre

Everybody with a brain knows that the US gov use a lot of propaganda. The problem is that the victims of it don't. They are in front of TV fulltime.

Straight out of university I worked at a public relations firm producing VNRs. It was a blast. Personally I felt like the Minister of Propaganda.

aico · 05-29-2006, 04:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dannyz-zbuckz

He's a fucking failure, just do a search on Google for the word 'failure' and see who comes up first.

Welcome to GFY, you've been banned.

scottybuzz · 05-29-2006, 04:13 PM

America get what they deserve for voting him in again.

StickyGreen · 05-29-2006, 04:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dannyz-zbuckz

He's a fucking failure, just do a search on Google for the word 'failure' and see who comes up first.

i never said he wasn't a failure, i said he isn't an evil person...

aico · 05-29-2006, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scottybuzz

America get what they deserve for voting him in again.

You don't know how are voting system works huh? Doesn't matter who we vote for, they just do what they want in the end.

StickyGreen · 05-29-2006, 04:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aico

You don't know how are voting system works huh? Doesn't matter who we vote for, they just do what they want in the end.

I would still like to believe that the electoral college is somewhat of a true representation of what the people want...

Manowar · 05-29-2006, 04:20 PM

who doesn't do that?

every government does

sometimes you gotta step back from hating bush and realise that he's not 100% the devil you make out.

dannyz-zbuckz · 05-29-2006, 04:29 PM

Quote:

Welcome to GFY, you've been banned.

Thanks for the welcome, that would be an honor for me to get banned from here after only 10 posts.

And I don't buy the idea he's just 'stupid,' I actually think he's a lot smarter then people give him credit for, but for the wrong...or should I say evil corporate America's...best interests.

Cheers,
DannyZ

studiocritic · 05-29-2006, 04:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StickyGreen

I would still like to believe that the electoral college is somewhat of a true representation of what the people want...

that's whats wrong with the populace now.. they would all "like to believe" a lot of things about our government, whether those things are based in reality or not.

on a side note, i believe that the electoral government is the best system available to us.. whether there is voter fraud occuring or not is an entirely different argument.

kanalj · 05-29-2006, 04:41 PM

One wonders why no one can touch the Bush administration, everything is so fucking obvious.

Politics really sucks fucking donkey ass.

madawgz · 05-29-2006, 04:44 PM

omg toooooo long to read sorry

marketsmart · 05-29-2006, 04:50 PM

i would love to see the start of a new party that actually represents what americans truly want.... but alas, we are all sheep just mulling in the fields eating grass, with no desire to see what possabilities exist outside of the "safe" area we have been conditoned be accept as the status quo....

Bdiddy · 05-29-2006, 04:50 PM

Is anyone surprised? the guy has his own station practically

Phoenix · 05-29-2006, 05:11 PM

evil is as evil does?

Dirty Dane · 05-29-2006, 05:16 PM

Politicians and propaganda? No, that can't be true.

dannyz-zbuckz · 05-29-2006, 05:19 PM

well Bush should be impeached, and the democrats lack the balls to do it, people need to be rioting in the streets instead of bitching on GFY

chshkt · 05-29-2006, 05:30 PM

he will be

AdultMovies.bz · 05-29-2006, 07:01 PM

Not really surprised... media is the best and most efective weapon these days

minusonebit · 05-29-2006, 07:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StickyGreen

as much as you would love to think, bush is not an evil person...sorry....

Congratulations, you're an idiot!

minusonebit · 05-29-2006, 07:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dannyz-zbuckz

well Bush should be impeached, and the democrats lack the balls to do it, people need to be rioting in the streets instead of bitching on GFY

Would be much better if someone just shot him.

stickyfingerz · 05-29-2006, 07:20 PM

This thread sucks the slime off the strap on used on Lawerence Conners ass.

Juggernaut · 05-29-2006, 07:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dannyz-zbuckz

well Bush should be impeached, and the democrats lack the balls to do it, people need to be rioting in the streets instead of bitching on GFY

George Bush Junior is a tremendous cash cow for many people, on both sides of the proverbial fence.

ronbotx · 05-29-2006, 09:27 PM

Another moronic and bullshit thread from this leftist retard and his "reliable" sources.

Hey a couple of weeks ago, Karl Rove was going to be indicted...remember this?
http://www.gfy.com/showthread.php?t=...ight=Karl+Rove

This loser never gets it right....

Splum · 05-29-2006, 09:30 PM

chksht I hope whatever country you live in gets attacked by the USA

booker · 05-29-2006, 09:36 PM

Jon Stewart did a satirical spot on that article, but it was real & documented.. obviously half the people who posted here didn't even read it.

They (Bush & friends) hired actors to pose as news reporters, with false names, created a story that pushed the administration's goals and the released it as if it was actual news. Then the media put it out as actual news, never checking up on it, for whatever reason.

The USA is quickly becoming a shithole, rife with corruption from all layers. It's a system that cannot sustain itself without making the move to full blown fascism. Will the US become the next Nazi Germany?

czarina · 05-29-2006, 09:39 PM

If that had come from a place with a better name, I would be more likely to believe.

ThunderBalls · 05-29-2006, 09:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ronbotx

Another moronic and bullshit thread from this leftist retard and his "reliable" sources.

Hey a couple of weeks ago, Karl Rove was going to be indicted...remember this?
http://www.gfy.com/showthread.php?t=...ight=Karl+Rove

This loser never gets it right....

Another moronic and bullshit post from this Texas right wing nut that thinks the greenhouse effect simply means better gardens.

kane · 05-29-2006, 10:54 PM

this is nothing new for them. They also paid conservative radio talk show hosts, bloggers and journalists to come out in support of their social security plan. They paid one talk show host $250K to endorse it. So this guy goes on the radio and explains how it is a great plan and his audience thinks he is telling them what he really belives...pretty sad if you ask me.

05-29-2006, 03:58 PM	#1
chshkt Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,500	Independent: Bush 'planted fake news stories on American TV' http://news.independent.co.uk/world/...icle621189.ece Bush 'planted fake news stories on American TV' By Andrew Buncombe in Washington Published: 29 May 2006 Federal authorities are actively investigating dozens of American television stations for broadcasting items produced by the Bush administration and major corporations, and passing them off as normal news. Some of the fake news segments talked up success in the war in Iraq, or promoted the companies' products. Investigators from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) are seeking information about stations across the country after a report produced by a campaign group detailed the extraordinary extent of the use of such items. The report, by the non-profit group Centre for Media and Democracy, found that over a 10-month period at least 77 television stations were making use of the faux news broadcasts, known as Video News Releases (VNRs). Not one told viewers who had produced the items. "We know we only had partial access to these VNRs and yet we found 77 stations using them," said Diana Farsetta, one of the group's researchers. "I would say it's pretty extraordinary. The picture we found was much worse than we expected going into the investigation in terms of just how widely these get played and how frequently these pre-packaged segments are put on the air." Ms Farsetta said the public relations companies commissioned to produce these segments by corporations had become increasingly sophisticated in their techniques in order to get the VNRs broadcast. "They have got very good at mimicking what a real, independently produced television report would look like," she said. The FCC has declined to comment on the investigation but investigators from the commission's enforcement unit recently approached Ms Farsetta for a copy of her group's report. The range of VNR is wide. Among items provided by the Bush administration to news stations was one in which an Iraqi-American in Kansas City was seen saying "Thank you Bush. Thank you USA" in response to the 2003 fall of Baghdad. The footage was actually produced by the State Department, one of 20 federal agencies that have produced and distributed such items. Many of the corporate reports, produced by drugs manufacturers such as Pfizer, focus on health issues and promote the manufacturer's product. One example cited by the report was a Hallowe'en segment produced by the confectionery giant Mars, which featured Snickers, M&Ms and other company brands. While the original VNR disclosed that it was produced by Mars, such information was removed when it was broadcast by the television channel - in this case a Fox-owned station in St Louis, Missouri. Bloomberg news service said that other companies that sponsored the promotions included General Motors, the world's largest car maker, and Intel, the biggest maker of semi-conductors. All of the companies said they included full disclosure of their involvement in the VNRs. "We in no way attempt to hide that we are providing the video," said Chuck Mulloy, a spokesman for Intel. "In fact, we bend over backward to make this disclosure." The FCC was urged to act by a lobbying campaign organised by Free Press, another non-profit group that focuses on media policy. Spokesman Craig Aaron said more than 25,000 people had written to the FCC about the VNRs. "Essentially it's corporate advertising or propaganda masquerading as news," he said. "The public obviously expects their news reports are going to be based on real reporting and real information. If they are watching an advertisement for a company or a government policy, they need to be told." The controversy over the use of VNRs by television stations first erupted last spring. At the time the FCC issued a public notice warning broadcasters that they were obliged to inform viewers if items were sponsored. The maximum fine for each violation is $32,500 (£17,500). Federal authorities are actively investigating dozens of American television stations for broadcasting items produced by the Bush administration and major corporations, and passing them off as normal news. Some of the fake news segments talked up success in the war in Iraq, or promoted the companies' products. Investigators from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) are seeking information about stations across the country after a report produced by a campaign group detailed the extraordinary extent of the use of such items. The report, by the non-profit group Centre for Media and Democracy, found that over a 10-month period at least 77 television stations were making use of the faux news broadcasts, known as Video News Releases (VNRs). Not one told viewers who had produced the items. "We know we only had partial access to these VNRs and yet we found 77 stations using them," said Diana Farsetta, one of the group's researchers. "I would say it's pretty extraordinary. The picture we found was much worse than we expected going into the investigation in terms of just how widely these get played and how frequently these pre-packaged segments are put on the air." Ms Farsetta said the public relations companies commissioned to produce these segments by corporations had become increasingly sophisticated in their techniques in order to get the VNRs broadcast. "They have got very good at mimicking what a real, independently produced television report would look like," she said. The FCC has declined to comment on the investigation but investigators from the commission's enforcement unit recently approached Ms Farsetta for a copy of her group's report. The range of VNR is wide. Among items provided by the Bush administration to news stations was one in which an Iraqi-American in Kansas City was seen saying "Thank you Bush. Thank you USA" in response to the 2003 fall of Baghdad. The footage was actually produced by the State Department, one of 20 federal agencies that have produced and distributed such items. Many of the corporate reports, produced by drugs manufacturers such as Pfizer, focus on health issues and promote the manufacturer's product. One example cited by the report was a Hallowe'en segment produced by the confectionery giant Mars, which featured Snickers, M&Ms and other company brands. While the original VNR disclosed that it was produced by Mars, such information was removed when it was broadcast by the television channel - in this case a Fox-owned station in St Louis, Missouri. Bloomberg news service said that other companies that sponsored the promotions included General Motors, the world's largest car maker, and Intel, the biggest maker of semi-conductors. All of the companies said they included full disclosure of their involvement in the VNRs. "We in no way attempt to hide that we are providing the video," said Chuck Mulloy, a spokesman for Intel. "In fact, we bend over backward to make this disclosure." The FCC was urged to act by a lobbying campaign organised by Free Press, another non-profit group that focuses on media policy. Spokesman Craig Aaron said more than 25,000 people had written to the FCC about the VNRs. "Essentially it's corporate advertising or propaganda masquerading as news," he said. "The public obviously expects their news reports are going to be based on real reporting and real information. If they are watching an advertisement for a company or a government policy, they need to be told." The controversy over the use of VNRs by television stations first erupted last spring. At the time the FCC issued a public notice warning broadcasters that they were obliged to inform viewers if items were sponsored. The maximum fine for each violation is $32,500 (£17,500). __________________ Start An Online Business, FREE!

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chshkt Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,500	http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/IraqCoverage/story?id=2015052 'I Pretended to Be Dead.' Girl, 12, was sole survivor when fer family was killed [by US terrorists] in Haditha; Congressman says 'mass murder' was covered up 28 May 2006 After a small group of Marines stormed the Younis family home in Haditha last November, everybody inside was killed -- except one person. ABC News has obtained an interview with the sole survivor, 12-year-old Safa Younis. The interview was done by a local Iraqi journalism student about one week after the killings on Nov. 19, 2005. ...The interviewer asks, "What did the American soldiers do when they broke into the house?" "They knocked at the door," Younis says. "My father went to open it, they shot him dead from behind the door, and then they shot him again after they opened the door." She describes hearing the Marines go through the rest of the house, shooting and setting off a grenade before getting to the bedroom where she was with her mother and siblings. "Then comes one American soldier and shot [at] us all," she says. "I pretended to be dead; and he did not know about me." __________________ Start An Online Business, FREE!

05-29-2006, 03:59 PM	#3
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05-29-2006, 04:07 PM	#7
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stickyfingerz Doin fine Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 24,984	This thread sucks the slime off the strap on used on Lawerence Conners ass.

05-29-2006, 09:27 PM	#31
ronbotx Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,634	Another moronic and bullshit thread from this leftist retard and his "reliable" sources. Hey a couple of weeks ago, Karl Rove was going to be indicted...remember this? http://www.gfy.com/showthread.php?t=...ight=Karl+Rove This loser never gets it right....

05-29-2006, 09:30 PM	#32
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05-29-2006, 09:36 PM	#33
booker Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Baltimore Posts: 1,370	Jon Stewart did a satirical spot on that article, but it was real & documented.. obviously half the people who posted here didn't even read it. They (Bush & friends) hired actors to pose as news reporters, with false names, created a story that pushed the administration's goals and the released it as if it was actual news. Then the media put it out as actual news, never checking up on it, for whatever reason. The USA is quickly becoming a shithole, rife with corruption from all layers. It's a system that cannot sustain itself without making the move to full blown fascism. Will the US become the next Nazi Germany? __________________ Xanadu024 (aim) or 286785389 (icq) "Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard."

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czarina Webmaster Extraordinaire Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: A beautiful beach... Posts: 10,748	If that had come from a place with a better name, I would be more likely to believe.

05-29-2006, 10:54 PM	#36
kane Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: portland, OR Posts: 20,684	this is nothing new for them. They also paid conservative radio talk show hosts, bloggers and journalists to come out in support of their social security plan. They paid one talk show host $250K to endorse it. So this guy goes on the radio and explains how it is a great plan and his audience thinks he is telling them what he really belives...pretty sad if you ask me.