August 27, 2009

Stars and Stripes
Stars and Stripes has documents proving that reporters’ coverage of US troops in Afghanistan is being graded as “positive,” “neutral” or “negative.” The documents indicate that the ratings are intended to help Pentagon image-makers manipulate the types of stories that reporters produce while they’re embedded with troops in Afghanistan, the paper reports. The Pentagon denied earlier this week that reporters were judged by their coverage.
> US military continues to jail journalists without trials, evidence

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