Reply #7: that situation is sort of like the Ketchum contract with Bush and Williams

[NVMojo]

to promote NCLB, embedding a journalist who is on the employ of a government funded pr agency instead ...

Don't feel bad, I think this stuff is over some people's heads or just boring ...we all know we were lied to about WMD, etc. but it is rude to understand we paid for the lies.

here's a new story:

Wanted: Ad agency to aid global battle on terrorism
Special Operations Command seeks a private firm to put a more persuasive face on U.S. efforts overseas.

U.S. Special Operations Command, whose antiterrorist missions are usually conducted in utmost secrecy, is in the market for an ad agency.

But the group's commanders, headquartered at Tampa's MacDill Air Force Base, aren't seeking professional help to promote their troops' real-life Rambo exploits to potential recruits.

Instead, Special Operations Command, or SOCom, wants help making slick multilingual audio, video, print and Web packages to support its global psychological war against terrorism.

more...

http://www.sptimes.com/2004/12/08/Business/Wanted__Ad_agency_to_.shtml