Declassified: Massive Israeli Manipulation of
US Media Exposed
Files declassified in America
have revealed covert public relations and lobbying activities of
Israel in the U.S. The National Archive made the documents public
following a Senate investigation.
They suggest Israel has been
trying to shape media coverage of issues it regards as
important.
You
can download the files from the web-site of the Institute for Research on Middle
Eastern policy. And we can cross to Washington
now and talk to Grant F. Smith who is a director at that
Institute....
- Jeffrey Goldberg’s
current cover story in The Atlantic, “The
Point of No Return,” achieved massive distribution across a
broad spectrum of old and new media in the United
States.
Some observers – including Glenn Greenwald in
“How
Propagandists Function” – noted how well the methodology and
message of Goldberg’s piece serves the Israeli government’s efforts
to push U.S. military action against Iran. Gareth Porter views it
as part of an overarching
strategy to keep the U.S. from restoring productive
relations with Iran.
A huge trove of newly declassified
documents subpoenaed during a Senate investigation reveals
how Israel’s
lobby pitched, promoted, and paid to have content placed in
America’s top news magazines with overseas
funding...
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