Via Ny Times
Message Machine
Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon’s Hidden Hand
By DAVID BARSTOW
A PENTAGON CAMPAIGN Retired officers have been used to shape terrorism coverage from inside the TV and radio networks.
>This is 11 pages, read it all at the Ny Times.
Via LA Times
Thousands in Hollywood protest remarks from CNN’s Jack Cafferty
By David Pierson
Chinese Americans line Sunset Boulevard outside CNN offices to call for dismissal of Jack Cafferty over his comments about goods from China.
Thousands of Chinese Americans protested outside CNN’s offices in Hollywood this morning, calling for the dismissal of commentator Jack Cafferty, whose recent remarks about Chinese goods and the Beijing government inflamed a community already angry about international condemnations directed at the host country of the upcoming Olympics.
The protesters lined Sunset Boulevard from Cahuenga Boulevard to Wilcox Avenue chanting “Cafferty, Fire,” and singing patriotic Chinese songs.
“We understand free speech,” said Lake Wang, 39, of Thousand Oaks. “But what if Cafferty said this about other racial groups? I think he would be fired. I think he’s jealous of China.”
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