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Logical reaction for when the lies pile up on each
other.... US appoints terror war spin doctor The Fears over crumbling public
support for the coalition have prompted the Bush administration to launch a
new propaganda offensive. The The move comes less than two weeks after the announcement that a
media centre is to be set up in Ms Beers' job will be to coordinate the contact between the
government and the media. Many see her appointment as a sign that the administration is
dissatisfied with the way the conflict has been covered. "Certainly in the Arab world and in the Muslim world,
there's a feeling here in But he believes hiring a high profile advertising executive is
not the answer.
"The idea that putting out Madison Avenue techniques is
going to solve the problem is going to be something that the astute American
public is going to see through pretty quickly," he said. Charlotte Beers has been dubbed "the most famous woman in
advertising" and was chairman of J Walter Thompson until her contract
expired last month. She will report to Colin Powell as one of just six
undersecretaries of state. Ms Beers has worked with Mr Powell before. She and her new boss
served together on the board of Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. Media centre Ms Beers' appointment marks the coalition's second propaganda
offensive this month. On 1 November, the Similar centres will open in The But a London-based Arabic paper describes the coalition's
strategy as "dangerous". "The intervention by the "This step will... encourage undemocratic regimes to
continue to control the press and media and justify for these regimes the
continued existence of information ministries and political propaganda
mouthpieces." |
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