Private military corporations such as Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR) have launched a new public relations and lobbying initiative to counter what David Marin calls "the steady drip of negative front-page media reports about contractors and growing public concerns about the effectiveness of the federal contracting process." Samuel Loewenberg reports that Marin is the industry's "point man charged with heading off criticism." A former Republican staff director of the House Oversight and Government Affairs Committee, he now works for the Podesta Group, a PR and lobby shop. His client is the Professional Services Council, a trade association whose members include KBR, Blackwater USA, Boeing and DynCorp International.But wait--there's more! If you order your propaganda today, you'll get this video--FREE!
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Swamped By Propaganda
Is the "liberal media" not providing the kind of coverage your mercenary company rightly deserves? Do polls show that your mercenary company has a not-so-great, dismal, swamp-like standing among the public and elected officials? Don't give up...we're here to help:
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So working to promote a company in a positive light is "propaganda." But critics who promote a company as "mercenary" are heroic messengers of truth. To quote your July 4 post, "That certainly is an interesting brand of democracy."
You're right. Looks like whoever made this post forgot to include all the good things the Blackwater does for the people, like in discriminant killings, shooting at people in New Orleans after Katrina, and their brand-new amusement park.
How can this company be portrayed in a positive light when their business model is built on (and very much dependent upon) profiting from war? Love those PR industry morals?
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