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Search results for "Rendon" ...
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Shaping the Message
The Pentagon contracted a public relations firm to profile embedded journalists reporting on missions in Afghanistan. The profiling program was meant to drive journalists to report positively and deny embed requests from those who tended to report negatively on the conflict. Within six days of public exposure to this information, the Pentagon canceled the contract.
Tags: Pentagon; contract; journalists; embedded; profiling; stars and stripes; reporting; reporters; Rendon;
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The Man Who Sold the War
The author investigated the company, Rendon Group, and its involvement in selling the Iraq war to Americans. The story focuses on a secretive Washington defense contractor and executive of the Rendon Group, John Rendon.
Tags: war; Iraq; defense; Rendon Group; John Rendon; defense contractor; weapons of mass destruction; Washington; Pentagon; Iraqi National Congress; Judith Miller