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bush plants faux news...
    #5692406 - 05/30/06 08:29 PM (17 years, 7 months ago)

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article621189.ece

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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).




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Re: bush plants faux news... [Re: Annapurna1]
    #5693923 - 05/31/06 05:59 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

So much for the fabled right-wing belief in a "left-wing" media  :rolleyes:


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Re: bush plants faux news... [Re: Alex213]
    #5694001 - 05/31/06 07:14 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

it is not a fable, check the stats.

Also if the allegations are true that does nothing to prove tje media is predominately right wing, it just means Bush is a liar and his lies are being covered by a left wing media.

Provided the media outlet who reported this isn't a leftist prone to making false accusations via his leftist media medium. :crazy2:


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Re: bush plants faux news... [Re: nakors_junk_bag]
    #5694147 - 05/31/06 09:07 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

Did we need proof of the massive amount of propaganda flowing out of the Bush Empire's ass? I thought you could watch a half hour of Fox News and it'd be so blatant you could figure it out yourself.


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Re: bush plants faux news... [Re: beatnicknick]
    #5694154 - 05/31/06 09:10 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

I am not sure I see your beef.

No one is arguing the fact that the Bush Admin has colored the truth alittle.


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Re: bush plants faux news... [Re: nakors_junk_bag]
    #5694157 - 05/31/06 09:13 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

I believe that's called "lying"


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Re: bush plants faux news... [Re: beatnicknick]
    #5694163 - 05/31/06 09:15 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

I call it shading.


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Re: bush plants faux news... [Re: nakors_junk_bag]
    #5694204 - 05/31/06 09:41 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

A story of an iraqi-american crying out thank you Bush, thank you America!, is a lie.


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Re: bush plants faux news... [Re: beatnicknick]
    #5694453 - 05/31/06 10:56 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

Geez, havent you people ever taken a communication class. VNR's are nothing new. Every president uses them, every major corporation uses them etc.


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Re: bush plants faux news... [Re: blacksabbathrulz]
    #5694565 - 05/31/06 11:40 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

Fox news is nothing more then what CNN was, during the Clinton years.........


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Re: bush plants faux news... [Re: SirTripAlot]
    #5694568 - 05/31/06 11:42 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

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Fox news is nothing more then what CNN was, during the Clinton years.........



You mean they're covering Clinton's blow job 24/7?


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Re: bush plants faux news... [Re: Silversoul]
    #5700119 - 06/01/06 03:32 PM (17 years, 7 months ago)

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Silversoul said:
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SirTripAlot said:
Fox news is nothing more then what CNN was, during the Clinton years.........



You mean they're covering Clinton's blow job 24/7?






CNN had some pretty biased views on Clinton, just like Fox has biased views on Bush. It is no suprise that one network will pony up to a President, simply to get ratings.


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Re: bush plants faux news... [Re: nakors_junk_bag]
    #5705178 - 06/02/06 07:22 PM (17 years, 7 months ago)

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beatnicknick said:
I believe that's called "lying"




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I call it shading.





america knows it as news, nothing new here.


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Re: bush plants faux news... [Re: Prisoner#1]
    #5705302 - 06/02/06 08:07 PM (17 years, 7 months ago)

this is just a tactic of left-wing media.  :lol:


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Re: bush plants faux news... [Re: kotik]
    #5705317 - 06/02/06 08:13 PM (17 years, 7 months ago)

lies are a tool of the media, it's been happening since WWII


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Re: bush plants faux news... [Re: Prisoner#1]
    #5709968 - 06/04/06 01:19 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

its just getting a little old.


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