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Domestic Propaganda, Military Analysts, and the US Media

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  1. 2002-09-26 September 26, 2002 and After: African-American Republican Reportedly Pelted with Oreo Cookies at Debate; Story Changes over Time
  2. 2002-09-27 September 27, 2002: Conservative Pundit Coulter Calls Democrat Member of ‘Treason Lobby’
  3. 2002-09-28 September 28, 2002: New York Times Says Rice Misrepresenting Daniel Webster in Justifying Iraq Invasion
  4. 2002-10-01 October 1, 2002: Conservative Columnist Compares Democratic War Critics to Nazi Collaborators, Bolsheviks, Nixon, and Vietnam Protesters
  5. 2002-10-09 October 9, 2002: Limbaugh: Lack of Coverage of Presidential Speech ‘Final Confirmation’ of Media’s Liberal Bias
  6. 2002-10-11 October 11, 2002 and After: Republican Senate Candidate Attacks Opponent with Ads Equating Opponent with Hussein, Bin Laden
  7. 2002-10-22 October 22, 2002: New York Times Columnist Accuses Iraq of Collaborating with bin Laden
  8. 2002-11-25 November 25, 2002: Woodward Publishes ‘Hagiographic’ Book Chronicling Bush’s Response to 9/11, Preparations for War with Iraq
  9. 2002-12-02 December 2, 2002: Bush Officials Launch Discreditation Campaign Against UN Inspections
  10. 2002-12-06 December 6, 2002-March 18, 2003: Pundit O’Reilly Flip-Flops on Question of Iraqi WMDs
  11. 2002-12-12 December 12, 2002: Washington Post Story Falsely Claims Iraqis Gave Chemical Weapon to Al-Qaeda
  12. 2002-12-16 December 16, 2002: Pentagon Considering Propaganda Campaign Against Anti-Americanism
  13. 2003-01-09 Shortly After January 9, 2003: US Media Largely Ignores UN Inspectors’ Report Indicating Iraq Has No Nuclear Program
  14. 2003-01-13 January 13, 2003: British Paper Criticizes US Media for Insufficiently Informing Public
  15. 2003-01-20 January 20, 2003: Wall Street Journal Editoralist: Fox News’s ‘We Report, You Decide’ Slogan a ‘Pretense’
  16. 2003-01-21 January 21, 2003: Bush Formally Approves Office of Global Communications
  17. 2003-01-23 January 23, 2003: New York Times Publishes Op-ed by Rice on Iraq
  18. 2003-02-01 February 1, 2003-February 4, 2003: Powell Refuses to Include Certain Material in His Speech Linking Iraq to Islamic Militants
  19. 2003-02-03 February 3, 2003: Britain Releases ‘Dodgy Dossier’ Plagiarized from Grad Student’s Magazine Article, Other Sources
  20. 2003-02-05 February 5, 2003: Author Learns of British Government Plagiarism of His Work for ‘Dodgy Dossier’
  21. 2003-02-06 February 6, 2003: Media Exposes Plagiarized ‘Dodgy Dossier,’ Notes Information Is 12 Years Old
  22. 2003-02-07 February 7, 2003: Antiwar Group Identifies 1999 Book as Another ‘Dodgy Dossier’ Source
  23. 2003-02-07 February 7, 2003: ’Dodgy Dossier’ a ‘Cut-and-Paste Job’ By Downing Street, Coalition Information Center; Authors Instructed to Focus on Obstruction
  24. 2003-02-08 February 8, 2003: Jane’s Says 1997, 2002 Articles Used for ‘Dodgy Dossier’
  25. 2003-02-08 February 8, 2003: British Press Blasts ‘Dodgy Dossier’
  26. 2003-02-10 February 10, 2003: Labour Party Lawmaker Calls for Emergency Debate on Plagiarized Dossier
  27. 2003-02-14 February 14, 2003: Fox Television Successfully Argues in Court that Media Outlets Have Legal Right to Falsify News Reports
  28. 2003-02-23 February 23, 2003: Fox News Labels France a Member of ‘Axis of Weasels’
  29. 2003-02-25 February 25, 2003: ’Donahue’ Cancelled by MSNBC, Replaced by Clutch of Right-Wing Commentators and Hosts
  30. 2003-02-27 February 27, 2003: ABC, Pentagon Air ‘Reality TV’ Series about Afghanistan Fighting
  31. 2003-03-06 March 6, 2003: ’Scripted’ Press Conference Gives Bush Opportunity to Air Talking Points on Iraq War
  32. 2003-03-10 March 10, 2003 and After: Country Music Band Attacked for Criticism of Bush
  33. 2003-03-16 March 16-19, 2003: Washington Post Buries Reporting Questioning Evidence Justifying Iraq War
  34. 2003-03-18 March 18, 2003: Fox ‘Military Contributor’ Reports False Rumors that French Diplomats Destroying Documents Proving Complicity with Iraqi WMD Programs
  35. 2003-03-19 March 19, 2003: Neoconservative: ‘Iraq Is a Battle, Not a War’
  36. 2003-03-19 March 19-20, 2003: Networks Begin Extensive Coverage of Military Strike against Iraq; Washington Post Declares War’s ‘First Victim’ to be ABC News
  37. 2003-03-19 March 19-20, 2003: US Television News Begins Enthusiastic but Inaccurate Coverage of Opening Hours of War; Coverage Hews Close to Pentagon Outlines
  38. 2003-03-19 August 2002-March 19, 2003: Vast Majority of Washington Post Reporting on Iraq Supports Push for War
  39. 2003-03-23 March 23, 2003: Arab Television Shows Footage of Slain US Soldiers, US POWs in Iraq
  40. 2003-03-23 March 23, 2003: Pentagon Says Publication, Broadcast of Images of Dead or Wounded US Soldiers Violates ‘Principles of Geneva Convention;’ Media Limits Coverage
  41. 2003-03-23 March 23, 2003: US Private Jessica Lynch, Six Other Soldiers Captured during Iraqi Ambush
  42. 2003-03-25 March 25, 2003: New York Times Explores Role of Retired Generals as Network Military Analysts
  43. 2003-04-01 April 1, 2003: US Soldier Jessica Lynch Rescued in ‘Dramatic’ Special Operations Mission
  44. 2003-04-01 April 1, 2003: US Military Briefs Reporters on Jessica Lynch’s Rescue, Shows Carefully Edited Video
  45. 2003-04-01 April 1, 2003: Fox News Pundit Says Antiwar Figures Are Traitors
  46. 2003-04-02 April 2, 2003: Jessica Lynch Flown to US Military Hospital in Germany; Gunshot Wounds Reported
  47. 2003-04-03 April 3, 2003: Washington Post Prints Tale of Jessica Lynch’s Heroic Resistance and Rescue in Iraq
  48. 2003-04-04 April 4, 2003: Doctors Find No Gunshot Wounds on Jessica Lynch; Cousin Tells Different Story to Press
  49. 2003-04-05 April 5, 2003: Associated Press Continues to Report Jessica Lynch Wounded by Gunfire
  50. 2003-04-07 April 7, 2003: Newsweek Cover Story on Jessica Lynch Rescue Emphasizes Story of Gunshot Wounds, Raises Question of Mistreatment after Capture