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Domestic Propaganda, Military Analysts, and the US Media

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  1. 2001-09-17 September 17-22, 2001: CBS News Anchor Dan Rather Says He Is Giving Bush Administration ‘Benefit of Any Doubt’ after 9/11
  2. 2001-09-18 September 18, 2001: White House Staffers Pressure NBC Not to Broadcast Interview with President Clinton
  3. 2001-09-21 September 21-26, 2001: US-Funded Radio Network Censored by Government, Asked Not to Broadcast Interview with Taliban Leader
  4. 2001-09-25 September 25-26, 2001: VOA Prints Censored US Interview with Taliban Leader, Airs Short Excerpt
  5. 2001-10-01 October 1, 2001: Paul Denies Writing Decades’ Worth of Newsletters, Some of Which Contain Racially Objectionable Content
  6. 2001-10-02 October 2, 2001: Former Ad Executive Becomes Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy
  7. 2001-10-02 October 2, 2001: National Review Fires Conservative Pundit over Controversial Column and Aftermath
  8. 2001-10-03 October 3, 2001: Pentagon Hires Rendon Group to Track and Analyze Foreign Media Reporting
  9. 2001-10-04 October 4, 2001 and Shortly Afterwards: First Case of Anthrax Reported in the Media, Causing National Panic
  10. 2001-10-10 October 10, 2001: White House Wants Newspapers Not to Print Full Transcripts of Terrorist Statements
  11. 2001-10-10 October 10, 2001: US Television Networks ‘Doing Too Much of the Government’s Bidding’
  12. 2001-10-11 October 11, 2001: Five American News Networks Agree to Self-Censor Their Broadcasts of Bin Laden Statements
  13. 2001-10-15 October 15, 2001: Rice: Terror Statements Pose ‘National Security Concern’
  14. 2001-10-16 October 16, 2001: House Majority Leader Credits Limbaugh for ‘Setting Standard for Conservative Thought’
  15. 2001-10-19 October 19, 2001: New York Times Suggests Link between Anthrax Attacks and 9/11 Hijackers, despite Lack of Evidence
  16. 2001-10-31 October 31, 2001: CNN Chairman: Balance Coverage of Afghan Civilian Casualties with Reminders that Taliban Helped Kill Americans on 9/11
  17. 2001-11-01 October 26-November 1, 2001: ABC News Heavily Pushes False Story Attempting to Link Anthrax Attacks to Iraq
  18. 2001-11-06 November 6-8, 2001: Fabricated INC Story of Muslim Terrorists Training in Iraq Electrifies Media, Builds Case for War
  19. 2001-11-09 November 9, 2001: Christian Organization Compares Democrat to Saddam Hussein for Opposing ANWR Drilling
  20. 2001-11-20 November 20, 2001: Neoconservative: US Must Realize It Is Involved in ‘World War IV’
  21. 2001-11-25 November 25, 2001: Washington Post Attempts to Link Iraq to Anthrax Attacks
  22. 2001-12-22 December 22, 2001: New York Times: Bush Administration Tried but Failed to Pin Anthrax Attacks on Iraq
  23. 2002-01-18 January 18, 2002: Karl Rove Hints at Using ‘War on Terrorism’ as Partisan Weapon
  24. 2002-01-19 January 19, 2002: Rove: Republicans Should Use War on Terror as Campaign Theme
  25. 2002-02-20 February 20, 2002: Pentagon Office Designed for Telling Lies Revealed; Declared Closed
  26. 2002-02-20 February 20, 2002: US to Create Global Public Relations Office
  27. 2002-02-26 February 26, 2002: Rumsfeld Says Propaganda Office Has Been Closed; but in Fact It Is Closed in Name Only
  28. 2002-03-15 March 15, 2002: Conservative Pundit Calls California School District ‘Racist’ for Enforcing Transfer Policies
  29. 2002-05-17 May 17, 2002: Dan Rather Says Fear of Being Unpatriotic Affects Media Coverage After 9/11
  30. 2002-05-20 May 20-24, 2002: Flurry of Government Terrorist Warnings Given at Politically Suspicious Time
  31. 2002-06-12 June 12, 2002: GAO Finds Minor Damage in White House during Clinton-Bush Transition
  32. 2002-06-16 June 16, 2002: Government Threat Analyst Accuses Media of ‘Treason’ for Reporting Nation’s Vulnerabilities, Information about 9/11 Hijackers
  33. 2002-06-24 June 24, 2002: Syndicated Columnist: Mexico Working to ‘Reconquer’ Portions of US
  34. 2002-06-26 June 26, 2002: INC Brags to Congress of Planting 108 Fabricated Stories in Western Press
  35. 2002-07-15 July 15, 2002: Conservative Pundit Calls NAACP, Civil Rights Leaders ‘Racists,’ Defends Advocate of ‘Racial Purity’
  36. 2002-07-30 July 30, 2002: White House Creates ‘Office of Global Communications’ to Buff US Image Abroad
  37. 2002-08-15 August 15, 2002: CNN General Manager Concedes Media Censored Itself
  38. 2002-08-19 August 19-21, 2002: Poll: Most Americans Believe Iraq Supports Terror, Hussein ‘Personally Involved’ in 9/11Attacks
  39. 2002-09-04 September 4, 2002: WHIG Decides to Adopt Phrases ‘Smoking Gun’ and ‘Mushroom Cloud’ to Help Sell Iraq Policy to Public
  40. 2002-09-06 September 6, 2002: Knight Ridder Newspapers Begins Publishing Stories Questioning Pro-Iraq War Propaganda
  41. 2002-09-06 September 6, 2002: White House Officials Describe How They Plan to Sell Iraq War to Public, Congress, and US Allies
  42. 2002-09-08 September 8, 2002: US Media Quickly Reverted to Ignoring Rest of World after 9/11, Reporter Finds
  43. 2002-09-08 September 8, 2002: Rice Warns that ‘Smoking Gun’ of Proof of Iraqi Nuclear Weapons May Be a ‘Mushroom Cloud’
  44. 2002-09-08 September 8, 2002: Rumsfeld: US Will Make Case Against Iraq; No ‘Smoking Gun’ Evidence Needed
  45. 2002-09-08 September 8, 2002: Secretary of State Colin Powell Says Iraq Has Chemical and Biological Weapons and Is Building a Nuclear Weapon
  46. 2002-09-08 September 8, 2002: Cheney Alleges That Iraq Has Active WMD Program
  47. 2002-09-11 September 11, 2002: Story of President Bush’s 9/11 Conduct Changes for 9/11 Anniversary
  48. 2002-09-11 September 11, 2002 and Before: Bush Speech Kicks Off Drive to War, Midterm Elections
  49. 2002-09-12 September 12, 2002: WHIG Puts Out White Paper On Iraq
  50. 2002-09-18 September 18, 2002: New York Times Publishes Slanted Story Suggesting It Is ‘Maybe Impossible’ UN Inspections in Iraq Could Work