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Showing Original Post only (View all)Lara Logan Married To Bush Propagandist [View all]
http://crooksandliars.com/diane-sweet/lara-logans-spouse-paid-propagandistGawker:
Many people know that in 2008 Logan married Joseph W. Burkett, a defense contractor she met while stationed in Baghdad to cover the Iraq War for CBS News. Logan and Burkett were both married to other people when they became involved, and the story of their war-zone love affaircomplete with reports of a brawl between Burkett and CNN's Michael Ware, another rival for Logan's affectionslit up the tabloids at the time.
"What most people dont know, however, is the nature of Burketts work in Iraq. He was an employee of the Lincoln Group, a now-shuttered strategic communications and public relations firm hired by the Department of Defense in 2005 to plant positive stories written by American soldiers in Baghdad newspapers during the Iraq War.
He did information operations, one former colleague of Burkett's told Gawker. It was really spooky stuff. We worked with one of those special spooky IO outfits that didnt even have a unit patch. It's the kind of work for which a close relationship with an American network correspondent might come in handy.
And it paid handsomely. Under an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract, the Pentagon promised the Lincoln Group up to $100,000,000 to assist the militarys Joint Psychological Operations with controlling local media coverage of the American occupation. The Lincoln Group later became the target of congressional and Defense Department investigators over its handling of U.S. cash and its propaganda tactics."
He did information operations, one former colleague of Burkett's told Gawker. It was really spooky stuff. We worked with one of those special spooky IO outfits that didnt even have a unit patch. It's the kind of work for which a close relationship with an American network correspondent might come in handy.
And it paid handsomely. Under an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract, the Pentagon promised the Lincoln Group up to $100,000,000 to assist the militarys Joint Psychological Operations with controlling local media coverage of the American occupation. The Lincoln Group later became the target of congressional and Defense Department investigators over its handling of U.S. cash and its propaganda tactics."
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plus, the world of elite journos is small - they knew *who* she is and who she's married to
nashville_brook
Nov 2013
#39
This "lincoln group" that Logan married into is a right-wing propaganda catapult
Berlum
Nov 2013
#53
So sorry. But we all have to protect OUR BRAINS in these times, and it's better to KNOW
Berlum
Nov 2013
#18
Fire her for the incompetent reporter she is, fire her boss and producer of the segment, call....
marble falls
Nov 2013
#24
It sure explains how she happened to be the only journalist from an American network
Tanuki
Nov 2013
#61