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Army 'psyops' at CNN
News giant employed military 'psychological operations' personnel
By Geoff Metcalf
© 2000 WorldNetDaily.com
CNN employed active duty U.S. Army psychological operations personnel last year,
WorldNetDaily has confirmed through several sources at Fort Bragg and elsewhere.
Maj. Thomas Collins, U.S. Information Service has confirmed that "psyops"
(psychological operations) personnel, soldiers and officers, have worked in the CNN
headquarters in Atlanta. The lend/lease exercise was part of an Army program called
"Training With Industry." According to Collins, the soldiers and officers, "... worked
as regular employees of CNN. Conceivably, they would have worked on stories during the
Kosovo war. They helped in the production of news."
When asked if the introduction of military personnel into a civilian news organization
was standard operating procedure, one source said, "That question is above my pay
grade ... but I hope so. It's what we do."
The CNN military personnel were members of the Airmobile Fourth Psychological
Operations Group, stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. One of the main tasks of
this group of almost 1200 soldiers and officers is to spread 'selected information.'
Critics say that means dissemination of propaganda.
Cable News Network suffered a major embarrassment in the wake of the 'Tailwind' story
it aired, alleging the U.S. government used lethal sarin gas to kill suspected
defectors during the Vietnam war. After WorldNetDaily was the first news organization
to expose the fraudulent news production, two CNN producers were fired and,
eventually, CNN veteran reporter Peter Arnett also was ousted. In that case, Retired
Air Force Maj. Gen. Perry Smith quit his long-time job as a military adviser to CNN.
What about now? Has the U.S. military been in a position to have influenced directly
CNN's news reports about the crisis in Kosovo?
Collins claims a "handful" of military assets were assigned to CNN for weeks "to get
to know the company and to broaden their horizons." The Major asserts "they didn't
work under the control of the army."
Several sources have confirmed the temporary outplacement of U.S. Army psyops
personnel started two or three years ago, and they have been integrated into "various
sectors of society." The assignment durations have been short-term up to one full
year, depending on the mission. When asked, "What were the missions?" responses to WND
varied from "No comment.", "... need to know," to smiles, and, in one case, an obscene
recommendation.
CNN is the most watched and widely viewed news outlet in the world. During Operation
Desert Storm, Saddam Hussein regularly watched CNN for battlefield intelligence. The
symbiotic, intimate relationship between CNN and army psyops specialists has raised
many eyebrows, with critics saying it raises doubts about CNN's journalistic integrity
and independence.
The Fourth Psyop Group has been involved in the Gulf War, the Bosnian War and the
Kosovo crisis. American psyops troops attempt to influence media and public opinion in
armed conflicts in which American state interests are said to be at stake.
News coverage of the war in Kosovo, by CNN and other media, has been criticized as
"one-sided, overly emotional, over-simplified and relying too heavily on NATO
officials," observed a report from the Netherlands.
CNN has not thus far commented officially on the allegations. Megan Mahoney, a CNN
spokeswoman recently said, "I don't believe that we would employ military personnel;
it doesn't seem like something we would normally do." However, now that the U.S. Army
Information Service has confirmed the news, Mahoney said she would have to contact
CNN's senior officials
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