Pentagon to broadcast to millions of U.S. homes

[lovuian]

http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=4272a7ec26944f6c

Big News Network.com Tuesday 8th February, 2005

The U.S. military is to beam its own news coverage to millions of Americans.

Moving on from its phase of embedding journalists, or as some would say, 'a policy of restricting and contolling the flow of information,' the Pentagon will now produce and disseminate the news itself. It will be beamed to the public at no charge. The servic will emanate from what is known as the Pentagon Channel, an internal public relations television unit within the Department of Defense. It was set up nine months ago.

The government-run TV service will be channeled to the public through EchoStar Communication's Dish Network which will offer the Pentagon Channel to its more than 11 million viewers on a no-cost basis. Programming will appear on the network's public interest channels and will operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

more...
Well CNN you have competition!!!... I can't wait to see their programming...NOT!!!

[aquart]

1. Wow. A feel good war channel.

How much are we budgeting for that?

[The Zanti Regent]

63. NOT IN MY HOUSE!

They killed my son, my only child.

This shit will NEVER be viewed in my house. NEVER!

[thecai]

123. OMG!

I am so sorry to hear that, The Zanti Regent.

[Biased Liberal Media]

162. I am so sorry

So very sorry. :(

[greeklady]

172. Pentagon to broadcast to millions of U.S. homes

Oh my god - you lost your son? I am so terribly sorry!!! Long time lurker, new poster. :hug:

[GetTheRightVote]

174. I have only one son but two daughters, I could not live without them

I am so sorry for your loss

:kick:

[RaleighNCDUer]

91. No, that's the History channel.

This will probably just be a stateside version of AFRTS.

The most boring network in the history of broadcasting.

[Art_from_Ark]

152. AFRTS-- otherwise known as

"A-Farts"

[VegasWolf]

161. Todays important documentary, "Why we should bomb Iran."

[struggle4progress]

165. News from the Ministry of State Propaganda. Brought to you by ...

... the Ownership Society

[Stinky The Clown]

2. This is REALLY scary

I read this and my first reaction was "this is just the next step".

[ogradda]

29. great minds think alike n/t

[nolabels]

179. Probably more than you, me or any one else knows

What really scares me is people really don't know how susceptible or open they are to suggestion watching that idiot thing

TURN OFF YOUR TELEVISION!

by L. Wolfe

PART 2
(snip)
Remote Control

Let's go back to the 'remote control' concept for a moment. Back in the early days of television, you had what you could appropriately call some "hands on" brainwashing -- you had that crew from the Frankfurt School operating out of Hollywood, designing the programmed brainwashing messages. But such people as Theodor Adorno realized that this tight control would not always be necessary to accomplish the task. The brainwashing messages of the 1950s and 1960s were conditioning responses in a new generation of programmers who would start having impact on programming content in the 1970s and 1980s.

The operative concept is similar to what Adorno describes with his "forced retardation". You create a society based on the infantilism of the majority of its members; that society, when bombarded with television, becomes increasingly more infantile, more 'dissociative', as we learned from Emery and and his fellow Tavistockian Eric Trist. Under such conditions, the so-called creative individuals, operating within the infantile geometry of the society as a whole, produce new ideas that further feed the infantile, carnal impulses of the individual. This, in turn, plunges the society to a new, 'lower' level of thinking -- People become more stupid, led by their stupid "creative leaders".

The oligarchical elite, through their control over the television and cable networks, as well as the Hollywood studios, and the advertising funding conduits, keep this entire crew of "creative" people in a "controlled environment". It is in that 'indirect' way that they exert a veto authority over what is being broadcast.

The New York-Hollywood social community of "creative" people functions in what the brainwashers call a 'leaderless group' -- They are unaware of the real outside forces that control them, especially unaware of their own brainwashing by 30-40 years television viewing. They believe themselves free to create, but they can lawfully only produce banality.
(snip)
http://www.alternativescentral.com/turnoffyourtelevision-part2.htm

[Cooley Hurd]

36. Since the DoD is now Ministry of Intelligence...

...(after Chimp gutted the CIA and transferred intelligence to the Pentagon), I would assume this new channel is their attempt to cut out the middlemen (FauxNews, CNN) and get the propaganda direct to US citizens.:scared:

[DistantWind88]

50. Intelligence hasn't been "transferred" to

the military. The CIA (and myriad other intelligence organizations) is alive and well.

[tlcandie]

54. Then you haven't read the myriad of articles stating just the

opposite that Rummy's new little black intelligence group was created and implemented to overrule and do away with the FBI and CIA.

But of course you will want TONS of documentation that DUers have already provided with links to various stories and whatnot which, personally, I do not have time to research due to needing to leave for class very soon.

:hi:

[DistantWind88]

62. Oh GOOD fucking

God. NO one has done away with the FBI or CIA.

How many agents have been cut from either?

[Just Me]

65. He is/has usurped power, is/has cherry-picked the flow of IQ.n/t

[Southern Dem 2005]

66. Not sure about the "usurped power" claim

seems a little far-fetched to me. How do you "usurp" when you win the election? Just because I don't like him doesn't mean he didn't when. I'll grant you the fact that this administration is obsessed with controlling the flow of information.

[Just Me]

86. Doesn't justify concentrating power in one branch.

http://www.newyorker.com/online/content/?030512on_onlineonly01

http://www.onlinejournal.com/Special_Reports/072503Leopold/072503leopold.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29414-2005Jan22.html

http://www.nj.com/columns/ledger/farmer/index.ssf?/base/columns-0/1106547329289250.xml

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-1454185,00.html

[The Doctor.]

113. "Doesn't mean he didn't win" huh?

Start here;

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1106-30.htm

Then go here;

http://blackboxvoting.org/

and then read this;

http://truthout.org/docs_04/121404Z.shtml

and this;

http://memes.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=3667&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

If, after earnestly reviewing these sites, you are still certain Bush 'won' the election, then I'll have some excellent questions for you to answer.

[Southern Dem 2005]

114. I'm not going to sort through

a bunch of wacko conspiracy theorist ideas about how Bush might not have won the election. Regardless of what some fringe element of the left-wing establishmnet might think Bush won this election pretty handily. While it sucks that he won and he may have won because he lied or the American people are idiots he still won. Maybe Democrats should exert effort in making sure we win in 2008 instead of alleging goofy theories.

[Sterling]

117. By all means live in the dark.

Only believe what CNN tells you to. That is a great way to stay informed. Easier than actually researching for yourself. Cheers to you!!!!

[DistantWind88]

122. How about those USC Trojans??? :-)

[Sterling]

195. They played very well.

Much better than you have done on this thread.

[The Doctor.]

124. Ah, typical ignorance....

"I don't wanna look!"

Wasn't that SO much easier just to call it a 'wacky conspiracy theory'?

See? That means you don't have to check out any facts or do any work or anything.

I will check any claim for validity because I do not practice ignorance.

When I checked this election fraud issue I found literally overwhelming evidence that proes these 'wacky conspiracy theorists' are right.

Everyone around the country is using the 'wacky conspiracy theorists' label TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM LOOKING.

And it seems to work well on the lazy and the weak minded.

You can either take the lazy way out, call it a 'wacky conspiracy theory' and be ignorant, or you can review the facts and put together a case against it... but that would take research and learning.

This administration DEPENDS on your laziness so no one notices anything.

So which will it be?

Research or ignorance?

[thecai]

126. Isn't That The TRUTH?

What a good post, Dr_eldritch! I've been called a "conspiracy theorist nutcase" ever since witnessing and documenting LE corruption that can easily be proven if anyone would take the time to remove their wool blinders and READ a court-transcript.
It's the cons favorite cop-out.

[Southern Dem 2005]

128. And the truth shall set you free!

Unfortuantely, the truth of the matter is that Bush won. Even if there were some voting irregularities (and there probably were on BOTH sides) there wasn't enough going on to make a difference of 3 million+ votes.

[Sterling]

196. Why are you still commenting on this?

You already said you won't bother learning about it. Do you think anyone takes your comments seriously at this point?

[Southern Dem 2005]

127. How do you

"steal" an election you win by 3 million votes? Its not like one county in one state made a difference. And I don't believe that the voting machines were rigged or any of that nonsense. It would take hundreds of people to pull off. Additionally, even assuming some secret evidence exists that indicates he might have stolen the election, what do you propose we do? The election isn't going to be overturned. Instead of worrying about the legitimacy of this election, concentrate on 2008.

The election returns match up with most popularity polls. Just about everyone on this board agrees that Bush is a terrible president. I personally think he's the worst we've had since Nixon. That doesn't mean he didn't win--half the people in this country think he's the best thing since sliced bread. Just because we lost the election doesn't mean it was stolen.

[The Doctor.]

Ok, I see what answers I can get for you...

For one, the whole 'machine rigging' thing is a far simpler matter than you've been told.

The opti-scan machines report to a central tabulator - a SINGLE database.

This database was shown to be highly vunerable to a hacking attempt.

It would take ONE person, not hundreds, to fix the numbers in the central tabulator.

OR

The software could be easily encoded BY ONE PERSON to change totals at certain pre-described thresholds.

How easily?

http://www.chuckherrin.com/hackthevotedemo.htm

A chimpanzee was taught to do it. For real.

[Southern Dem 2005]

131. I'm not saying it isn't theoretically possible

I just believe that Bush won, fair and square. I haven't seen anything (and I followed the conspiracy theories after the election) that indicates that the numbers were skewed. I think most people expected Bush to win by the margin he won by. Even Kerry's people indicated that, in the last few days before the election, they were in trouble in Florida and Ohio. While the election could have gone either way it was no huge surprise that Kerry lost.

[The Doctor.]

133. Then you weren't following very closely...

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/11/3/53438/6175

Seriously, go look through those original links I first posted to you (when you have time) and PM me sometime if you have any questions.

(I've hijacked this thread enough.)

I think you may have given up looking to quickly.

[The Doctor.]

132. Now, as for the 'three million votes'....

First, we have to look at the exit polls.

Despite what you've been told by Fox news, exit polls have been historically accurate to within a 2% MOE (margin of error) since they came into use in 1980.

http://slate.msn.com/id/1006435/

The ONLY instances where exit polls have exceeded that MOE by a significant margin (that which might be used to prove fraud in a third-world country), are where they were taken AT POLLING PLACES WHERE THE ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES WERE IN PLACE.

So, when someone tells you that exit polls haven't always been accurate, ask them if they know where and under what circumstances those discrepancies occured. They won't have an answer.

THAT kind of a coincidence requires an obscene level of improbability.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/11/3/53438/6175

So then all we have to do is extrapolate the margins into some real numbers-

In just Ohio alone, the MOE was 6.7% in favor of Bush**
http://tinyurl.com/5tveu

Now, if we look at the real numbers;

Kerry - 2,741,167 Ohio votes
Bush - 2,859,768 Ohio votes
Total - 5,600,935 votes
X 6.7% = 375,262 vote swing

even HALF of that swing would have given Ohio to Kerry!

NOW, all we have to do is look at the 15 OTHER states where Electronic machines were used where the MOE was as high as 15% and multiply those results...

It's WELL over three million and could have been done in SO many ways by a VERY few people with very little expertise.

Neat huh?

[Sterling]

197. Thank you for trying to teach people about this.

Now watch these same people will pop up on future threads and claim they have no idea what you are talking about. :eyes:

[Rex]

151. He didn't win, the election was rigged.

Get a clue.

[LynnTheDem]

178. "wacko conspiracy theorist ideas about how Bush might not have won"

Gee, that sure does sound familiar...Faux Moos comes to mind...

[Lizzie Borden]

155. But he didn't win the election.

It was stolen.

[Southern Dem 2005]

183. Seriously, do you believe every conspiracy theory you hear?

As I said earlier, maybe us Dems should quit whining about Bush "stealing" the election, when the fact is that Kerry got his ass kicked by Bush and his right-wing buddies. Concentrate on what needs to be done to win in 2008. It would be much more productive.

[RedSock]

187. that sounds familiar

"Concentrate on what needs to be done to win in 2008."

***

What did we hear in 2000? "Stop with the crazy conspiracy theories and concentrate on what needs to be done to win in 2004."

This is what we'll hear in 2008: "Stop with the crazy conspiracy theories and concentrate on what needs to be done to win in 2012."

Then: "Stop with the crazy conspiracy theories and concentrate on what needs to be done to win in 2016."

I'm sick of it. Like 9/11, the craziest theory is the "official" story.

[DistantWind88]

67. How does one

"cherry-pick the flow of IQ?"

[Just Me]

85. Put aside (ignore) that which fails to advance one's hidden agenda. n/t

[Occulus]

88. Fire agents who say things you don't want to hear, even if true.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

94. OSP

[Sterling]

198. Wait a min. I thought you knew everything about Intel?

Yet you ask such a simple and obvious question? :eyes:

[DistantWind88]

202. Re-read the post to which I responded

had he said "cherry-picked the flow of INTEL," I would have no problem with his statement; but he said "...the flow of IQ." Do I need to explain the difference?

[The Doctor.]

108. Actually, they don't have to 'do away' with anything....

They've already circumvented them...

Here's a start;

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,999737,00.html
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2004/01/12_405.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Special_Plans

And here's a good one;
http://www.antiwar.com/orig/leopold11.html

And as for the "dismantling" of the CIA -

"Ms. Miscik's departure is the latest in a series of high-level ousters that have prompted unease within the C.I.A. since Mr. Goss took over as director of central intelligence in September. Of the officials who worked as top deputies to Mr. Goss's predecessor, George J. Tenet, at least a half-dozen have been fired or have retired abruptly, including the agency's No. 2 and No. 3 officials. Much of the top tier of the agency's clandestine service is also gone.

<snip>

The changes at the C.I.A. come as the agency is bracing for a wider reorganization endorsed by Congress and the White House that will strip it of its leading status among the country's intelligence agencies."

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/29/national/29intel.html?ex=1108098000&en=8c43ca0843f9ecfc&ei=5070

There it is, in black and white, the CIA is being sidelined.

This is real.

[Skeptic_All]

135. Can't believe anyone here's lamenting the CIA's loss.........

Personally, I do not shed a tear at the loss of CIA prestige and influence. The shambles the analysts made of the pre-war Iraqi Order of Battle and weapons programs may be all the reason to start looking for our information elsewhere.

[The Doctor.]

136. Ah... go back and check those links I posted...

The CIA had absolutely correct information on Iraq... UNTIL the Office of Special Plans was created.

In a 2001 report, the CIA stated unequivocally that 'Iraq is not a current threat and is unlikely to become one for years.'

Then came the OSP and "presto!"... Iraq becomes a threat!

[serryjw]

168. I'm curious.......WHY are you here?

Are you really a democrat or a bored freeper? If you are the former not the latter.....WHY don't you shut up...and READ....we all have been doing this for 4 years. I personally have spend 18 hours a day for 4 year learning what this monarch is up to.....I'm getting very tired of people whom know nothing having opinions based on nothing. THAT IS EXACTLY WHY WE HAVE BUSHIT IN THE WHThey are counting on your laziness.....Thanks a bunch

[Sterling]

119. If you don't do it for them they wont bother.

Never mind the articles have been very popular here they seemed to have lived in a vacuum and have not seen them. These people sure are opinionated though. They have a lot of time to go on and on about how the are right but never seem to lay a foundation to support their opinion. Classic troll behavior.

[Name removed]

147. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[Sterling]

192. I can voice an opinion anytime I want.

Try to make me STFU. You are making an ass of yourself pretty successfully however. Keep up the great work.

[DistantWind88]

200. Not when you know not of what you speak

You may have an opinion, but it is based on nothing--no facts, no evidence--nothing but rubbish.

[RaleighNCDUer]

93. Alive and well, but ignored. nt

[Sterling]

116. Don't read much do you?

I don't know how you can be this out of the loop after reading DU.

[DistantWind88]

125. Probably know a LITTLE

more about the IC than you...And the IC is alive and well.

[Sterling]

193. more about the IC than you

And why would that be. Plz explain?

[DistantWind88]

201. Well I have worked within

its confines for over 20 years...you?

[DistantWind88]

143. Clueless

[Sterling]

194. "Clueless"

Yes you are.

[saigon68]

44. As in "JOIN THE ARMED SERVICES"

And go to Iraq-Nam and kill some brown guys who wear Towels and Fan Belts on their heads

LOL

[fooj]

3. WTF? Remember the STOP GOVT. PROPAGANDA ACT!

Hope that closes them down!

[Just Me]

60. This is the most incorrigible, publicly-funded, government-controlled

PROPAGANDA, EVER!!!!

This is so fascist. YIKES!!! :scared:

[Supersedeas]

153. totally forgotten, not to be remembered by the likes of Albert Gonzo AND

not to receive an ounce of scrutiny by the so-called independent media.

[quiet.american]

4. Big Brother, anyone? n/t

[havocmom]

31. Subliminal messages, anyone? (n/t)

[cthrumatrix]

42. propaganda .... where are the "naysayers" now?

[despairing optimist]

5. Channeling John Wayne . . .

Too bad he's gone. He would have made a great anchor for the new network.

Well, they can always run his war movies.

[applegrove]

6. The anchor will be: George W. Bush

The anchor will be: George W. Bush. Who else!!!

[kysrsoze]

95. Will we get to see exclusive videos of the beatings and OSP meetings?

I sure hope so.

[Turbineguy]

107. And when you say "Anchor"

I presume you mean "big heavy thing without brain"

[Selteri]

142. I'm sure only by definition. n/t

[Phoebe_in_Sydney]

166. Is that Gannon guy looking for a job?

He would seem to have the relevant experience.

[lovuian]

7. I wonder if in the Programming they are Programming the

unsuspecting masses!!! Think of the years of using Military men as test subjects!!!

I mean what the heck are they going to do except pump the channels with propoganda!!!

[Kerrytravelers]

8. Well, I for one am not worried... the media will do their job, right?

Please, know I am kidding.

[rainbow4321]

9. Oh, great..maybe they can show UK's new torture show...

C4 lines up Guantánamo-style torture show

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1408237,00.html

Channel 4 is to broadcast what it is styling a Guantánamo Bay-style reality show that will examine the effects of mild torture on seven male volunteers.

The Guantánamo Guidebook will recreate some of the practices used at the US naval base where hundreds of so-called "enemy combatants" have been held without trial or access to lawyers for nearly three years.

Using an east London warehouse and declassified internal documents obtained from US sources, programme-makers mocked up conditions as they are inside Guantánamo, before subjecting seven volunteers to some of the milder forms of torture alleged to have been used by US authorities.

The programme exposed the volunteers, three of whom are Muslim, to 48 hours of "torture lite" including sleep deprivation, the use of extreme temperatures and "mild" physical contact.

[Kerrytravelers]

10. I nominated this for the homepage. Everyone should see it...

and shudder. :scared:

[toymachines]

11. thats really not good

more government interaction with the media...no wait the government is the media. if this is true, then fargone is the idea of freedom of press. and the public should see this clearly. should.

[CoffeeCat]

12. This is just downright sickening...

Are the Republicans reading from the Nazi playbook?

What a great idea! Pipe in Pentagon-produced, pro-war propaganda into the living rooms of America.

Let's cook up some Jiffy-Pop, gather 'round the TV and watch "Desperate House and Senate Warmongers". After that, we'll take in, "Lawlessness and Disorder". Then, we'll top off the evening with "The Late Show with Wolfowitz and Friends."

Where in the heck is my country?

[ninkasi]

26. Where is your country?

It's probably in the same place mine is. Almost 62 years ago, I was born in a country called the United States of America. Like all countries,it had it's faults, but the citizens of that country tried to do the right thing, and were proud of a tradition of freedom.

That country did not torture, or start illegal wars of aggression against weaker countries, or try to destroy the poor and middle classes. That country is gone, lost to a cabal of arrogant, greedy, bloodthirsty men who would serve their grandmother's head on a platter to Satan himself if it would profit them in any way.

I mourn the loss of my country, as all of us here do. I pray that there is still a chance to stop the insanity, and go back to being flawed but willing to be better, and not turn our backs on every principle our Founding Fathers held sacred.

[Daphne08]

110. I'm also wondering where my country is...

My father (he was a WWII veteran) would be appalled at this, and I'm so fearful for my children and grandchildren!!

This is an outrage!

[NJCher]

181. ninkasi

That sums it all up for me, too.

I saved your post for re-readings.


Cher

[CHIMO]

13. Next Step

Expect weather warnings and emergency broadcasts to issed from there.

[Freedom_from_Chains]

14. What were the two countries that were continually at war in "1984?"

[KDLarsen]

43. Wasn't Oceania one?

[Freedom_from_Chains]

58. Yeah that was one but I couldn't think of the other

But I have to wonder is this what we are becoming?

[realisticphish]

109. eurasia, eastasia, and oceana

two were always allied, at war with the third


:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[ChickMagic]

77. Yes,

and I think Eastasia was the other.

[Skip Intro]

15. State TV

Why not take off the masks?

on edit: More accurately, Pentagon TV. The Pentagon Channel.

I can see the tagline now: "For Freedom.."

[applegrove]

16. And journalism will become a dependant of the corporations

And journalism will become a dependant of the corporations. Already they pay some journalists to write favourable stories for the pentagon sites put up to control the behaviour of Asian Islamists. ETc. Atta way to impress all with the Freedom!

[lovuian]

17. Isn't this against the Law??? I mean Rummy can just start his own

freakin War Channel

Whats next the FDA start there own Drug Channel or the Homeland Security Channel ...

[toymachines]

19. ya i thought it seemed against the law... it should be

it definetly is against the core ideals of democracy. the poeple must be accurately informed, and the Pentachannel will not do that. it is a direct blockage in the creek of free media. eventually it will beome a dam. damn.

[Minstrel Boy]

18. North Korean television doesn't sound so bizarre anymore.

"From east to west, north to south, the Great General travels the country," the announcer intones.

"You warm us like the sun. Have you ever served a Great Leader like this?"

http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/02/24/nkorea.tv/index.html

[Carl Brennan]

33. excellent grab my friend!!

:toast:


The US is getting desperate in its asinine wars of conquest.

Let's hope that people see is as absurd as it is.

[bushcrab]

20. Enhance Recruitment thru subliminal messages. Brilliant!!!

Warning: Do Not Look Directly into Screen.

[lovuian]

21. I swear thats what this is about!!! I know its far fetched but

why does the Pentagon have to be in total control here...Why not just give the Pentagon news to CNN and let them report it

Why have their own television station telling how Bush carved the turkey on Thanksgiving

though it was plastic HA HA HA

I mean these our the guys who had videos of torture sent out to the news media!!!

[bushcrab]

23. Can't wait for the Saturday AM military cartoons,

as well as their versions of Survivor and Fear Factor. Maybe mud wrasslin' too.

[Art_from_Ark]

154. There was at one time a Saturday morning GI Joe cartoon

[tlcandie]

55. Why... because it will come across as more valid

to millions of viewers! They will start pumping the airwaves with so much crap that, I believe, they hope we will all be so side-lined trying to dodge and fight the BS that will come from there...that they get by with all their plans to control the world.

IMO, that's why!

EDIT: IOW, they now have a channel and way to get to the people 24/7!!! And I bet they find a way to keep people tuned in 24/7 like terror alerts, etc., as someone else posted above.

[SmokingJacket]

105. Exactly... they'll tout this as the "No media bias" station.

You can see where this might go:

"Media companies are biased, so they're not valid sources of information -- and something must be done to stop the flow of misinformation! Since the people can now get their news straight from the top, other sources of information are now unnecessary and downright dangerous. Look what happened at CBS!"

And if they can't BAN other news sources, they certainly can make life difficult for them: enormous airwave/bandwidth fees or licensing costs.

All highly illegal, but that's never stopped them before.

[tinrobot]

22. Add that to the Military Channel

Which just replaced Discovery's Wings channel... 24 hours a day.

And the History Channel should just be renamed the War Channel as well...

[daleo]

24. This fits in with "the fourteen features of fascism"

Or whatever the specific title of that article is. Among other things, this seems like unfair competition. You would think the corporate elite would object to it on that ground.

Interesting that the U.S. would finally get a public broadcaster, and it would be the Pentagon.

[d.l.Green]

87. Well, I just got an email saying NPR/PBS is about to get nixed...

if the Supreme Court sides with Congress about cuts. There you go...

[daleo]

118. That would be simply amazing. n/t

[moondust]

25. Maybe Kucinich should start a Peace Channel.

Just a thought.

[_NorCal_D_]

27. Military/government sponsored 'news' in America?

Is this even legal? :scared:

[illuminaughty]

28. And this is why I wear my tinfoil hat proudly!

I found this channel last week, wondered how I hadn't noticed it before. I thought maybe it wasn't for real, but, oh no, streaming from Dishnet Satellite is the Pentagon Channel, number 9405 on the dial (add it up you get 18...three 6s etc,)

But, seriously, this is sick. Tonight's programming (and I do mean Programming) is 1am: Navy/Marine Corps News 1:30 Eye on Nellis
2am Air Force News 2:30 Focus on the Force (wow) and 3am FJ Iraq and
AF Prime Time. Watching it I feel like Alex in "Clockwork Orange"

And, in the last few weeks, the Discovery Channel formerly known as "Wings" is now..the Military Channel. Zieg fuckin' Heil.

[lovuian]

73. Its on already??? Why didn't anybody tell us it was out there???

This is so underhanded and where is the NEws Media about this???

Isn't this unfair I mean they have to pay for their channels and Pentagon gets it by the government... Even PBS has to get freakin donations

I can't believe the Democrats watched this happen!!!

[IMayBeWrongBut]

30. The pentagon channel

The pentagon channel ... Where you get all five sides of the news ... The next step is your receiver randomly switches to the channel while you are watching one of the other news channels.

[Mokito]

37. And the sad part is...

by then you probably wouldn't notice the difference.

[dvaravati]

32. imagine if a Democratic Admin proposed this..

there would be instant civil war.
Why does our side bend over for everything?

[Democat]

34. This has to be illegal? Propaganda to the people? Fox II?

This will be at least as bad as Fox! It has to be illegal?

[DistantWind88]

49. Why does it have to be illegal?

Just don't watch that crap.

[Sterling]

120. I think spreading dis info should be illegal.

I don't like being lied to by the people we elect. That is just me though. Some people really seem to enjoy it.

[Democat]

139. Using taxpayer money to spread propaganda inside the U.S.?

If that isn't illegal, why not?

What about anti-propaganda laws? Doesn't the U.S. have any? The governmetn should not be allowed to us taxpayer money to spread pro-government propaganda to its own people.

That's what happened in German in the 1940's.

[DulceDecorum]

35. And when their ratings plummet

they will simply use Commando Solo electronic warfare planes
to hijack the entire nation's broadcasting.

After they terminate
all the civilian TV, cable and radio broadcasts,
they will broadcast their military message
over and over again.

Ve vill vatch their Penta-Channel und ve vill like it - Ya?

[Tesla]

38. MIND CONTROL!!!

[NecessaryOnslaught]

41. Ya, ist good. Ist good

pass ze popcorn.

[bobthedrummer]

100. Give them an aerosol vectored calmative on top of Commando Solo II

operations-lol. It is mind control of a crude covert type.

[huellewig]

39. This has the potential for a fantastic drinking game.

[muriel_volestrangler]

47. I like your spirit!

A refusal to take the bastards at all seriously in their propaganda may be the only hope we have left now.

[MADem]

52. That is how the Russkies hung on to their sanity

They had a saying: In Pravda there is no Isvestia, and in Isvestia there is no Pravda--in news there is no truth, and in the truth there is no news...

They survived by reading the papers like a puzzle. If the fearless leader had a slight cold according to the news, he was at death's door in actual fact. If the fearless Soviet army was making progress in Afghanistan, they were actually getting their asses handed to them. Up was down, right was left, good was bad, black was white.

It seems somehow frighteningly familiar of late.

[Vladimir]

40. Somebody definitely has a sense of humour

I mean, the more things change, the more they look like a really really badly produced 50s propaganda flick about the USSR. Except that the comedic has become the real. I wonder what advertising will run on this one...

[0007]

45. All Banana Republics have a darn good military channel & radio outlet

I don't think we'll hear any protest from the major media, such as Mickey Mouse, or G.E. or the other rich pig pals.

This is indeed sick!

[shadowknows69]

46. i don't want the pentagon beaming anything my way thanks

[bushisanidiot]

48. and the NAZI party of the USA takes one step closer to becoming reality

oh wait. they're already here.

[saigon68]

56. LENI RIEFENSTAHL would be PROUD

It will be a New Movie on the MILITARY FASCIST CHANNEL


"TRIUMPH OF THE CHIMPANZEE"

[sadiesworld]

51. I'm a little surprised they even think this is necessary.

Will Fox now be liberal? :crazy:

[jus_the_facts]

53. Thomas Jefferson must be havin' grand maul seizures in his grave........

"A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will lose both, and deserve neither." Thomas Jefferson

"Dissent is the highest form of patriotism" Thomas Jefferson

"Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government..."Thomas Jefferson



"Every generation needs a new revolution." Thomas Jefferson

:nopity:

[BiggJawn]

57. Until they FORCE me to watch this....

It's just so much bullshit. A waste of money, but still bullshit.

I don't watch "Reality Must-See TEEEEEEEE-VEEEEEEEEE" like "Survivor" or "Let's eat Bugs and Paris Hilton's Tampoons".
I actually forced myself to watch an episode of "Desperate Housewives" and thought "Well, there went an hour down the toilet..."

Until they FORCE me to sit and watch the "News" on the War Channel, I could give a shit. If the Sheeple get all hot and horney to go enlist after seeing how much "fun" our Holy Warriors are having in the Land of The Infidel, fine. Let 'em go. The Gene Pool needs a chlorine shock-treatment anyway.

[2Design]

59. 1984 book in action ....n/t

[Southern Dem 2005]

61. I'm a big supporter of the people in our military

and I think they make a lot of sacrifices, but this is a bad idea. I spent 9 years in the military and I know from experience that they ONLY disseminate good news and they are control freaks about covering up bad news.

[brainshrub]

82. And this would be different from corporate-media how?

[Southern Dem 2005]

115. Not sure I follow.

[Sterling]

199. Funny I followed just fine....

I must have been posting the same thing at the same time. You seem to be at a disadvantage in this conversation.

[Sterling]

121. KINDA LIKE OUR "CIVILIAN" NEWS MEDIA?

sorry about the caps. If you think that what you are using for you info is much better than these liars you are in the dark.

[Q]

64. No cost basis?

Taxpayer dollars are paying for this...so how could it be at 'no cost'?

Government propaganda is illegal.

[MoJoWorkin]

70. They probably mean no cost to the subscribers of DISH-TV

[Selteri]

145. It's going farther than Dish TV I suspect,

my local cable provider just opened up a channel on their non-digital selection with a 'comming soon' marker on it.

[neweurope]

68. Mind boggling. Not even the German Nazis had this. Rumsfeld = the

new Goebbels, now it's official.

---------------------

Remember Fallujah

Bush to The Hague!

[TayTay]

69. I get Dish Network, I'm lodging a protest

They don't even carry C-Span 3 and C-Span has amazing coverage of the government. I am going to lodge a protest. They just turned the Discovery Wings channel into the Military Channel and now this. I hope to gawd they at least sent a nice check to Free Speech TV.

[Walt Starr]

71. How is this different from Soviet style Comunist Tyranny?

I guess we really LOST the cold war after all.

:shrug:

[yorkiemommie1]

72. already here in my city

southern calif.

[atommom]

74. The Pentagon channel. All lies, all the time.

How much money is being spent on this? Was the media really unwilling to spin the news well enough to satisfy Rummy? I thought they were doing a bang-up job of that on their own. :mad:

[Stockholm]

76. If you don´t watch it or love it you hate America

Kind regards,

John Poindexter
(DARPA)

[lovuian]

75. I bet there was a deal made with EchoStar for Satellite time

they just put up a bunch of satellites and the Pentagon goes we put it up there you give us a channel

WOW!!! Getting the troops at home ready!!!

[mordarlar]

78. State run media? Wow we are moving along fast.

[Dover]

79. The way to protest this is for all EchoStar customers to cancel service.

If you can't do that then you get what you pay for....deteriorating democracy.

[Dem2theMax]

137. I can't believe it took 24 hours for someone to suggest this!

By all means, CANCEL Dish if you get it. My Dad has it. I've already talked to him and am trying to convince him to get rid of it. Strangely, here in my area of San Diego county, the Pentacrap channel is not listed, YET.

Please people, write to Dish and protest. Cancel your subscriptions. Make sure they know WHY you are canceling.
I'm so mad I could :puke:

[brainshrub]

80. I think this is a good idea.

Seriously. Think about it.

If the pentagon has it's own channel, real news organizations will have no excuse to use embedded reporters. They will have to go out and *gasp* find news!

Why should I watch FOX, CNN or anything mainstream when I can get the government line directly from the horses mouth?

I think that a Pentagon channel is a lot more honest than most other news-gathering organizations: At least you KNOW what their agenda is.

[flamingpie2500]

81. Even more scary is who will advertise on something like this?

I really believe Darwins theory is moving backwards!! Chimps begetting chimps!

[ernstbass]

83. The ministry of propoganda

can now rewrite history as it happens without the assistance of the right wing media

[Samurai_Writer]

84. It's times like these...

I am glad I don't watch TV at all. It's for DVD use only.

[hoosierblue]

89. wow

can't you just feel the military coup coming?

i'm scared.

[jjtss]

90. Weeeellllllll this is a major step

in a Military Coup de Etat. Not only that, the taxpayer is funding it. And to add insult, the Pentagon channel will probably be complete with subliminal programming. "I'm the luckiest girl in the whole USA"GEE WHIZ!!!!!!!

[denverbill]

92. I thought pukies opposed 'govt funded' television, like PBS.

Certainly the Pentagon isn't doing this for free.

[lovuian]

96. why does Big Bird have Government funding cut & pentagon

gets its only well funded channel??? Big Bird and Ernie are based on government funding and donations???

[RaleighNCDUer]

97. One thing I can guarantee --

They will never pay any multimillion dollar fines for showing a boobie or dropping an F-bomb.

While the commercial channels fight to stay profitable and toe the line to moral edicts, this channel will do no wrong and suffer no consequenses.

Is Michael Powell going to be running it?

[NDailyNews]

98. We've had it for 2 weeks already

Brighthouse is also putting it on their standard cable package.

[canadianbeaver]

99. Goooooood Moooooorning Ammmerica!!!!!!! n/t

[demgurl]

101. This is very scary.

OK, one person asked isn't the MSM doing enough of a good job for Rummy. I think this is a question we need to pay more attention to. If the paid media has been fine up until now, we must ask ourselves what in the world is the government doing/about to do that they can not risk paid reporters finding out about.

This may just be something that came about from the stuff hitting the fan over paid reporters and now they do not have to worry about that any more.

I think there is something much more sinister going on here. There may be subliminal messages and I do not doubt that for a minute. But I think that would be an added benefit to what they have, not the main objective.

One has to ask what is so bad over there that they can not risk exposure. We all have seen the horrors of what is going on over there. I hope it is not even worse than what we expect. If we have seen the worst (and I hope we have) then we must then ask ourselves is it, perhaps, something more. Maybe something that is coming? Maybe the wide spread war to spread democracy is about to be spread even more?

This is even more scary if they must start their own channel to protect themselves. What on earth are they doing now, and how bad is it, that they must start their own channel. Indeed, the other poster had a great question. If the media was all being paid off and putting such a positive spin on the war and our government, why did they start their own station? This is something we all need to think about.

[Mojorabbit]

164. I think

and I will put on my tinfoil hat now ...is that the dollar is going to tank, there will be major social unrest and they know it and are getting their ducks in a row.

[UCLA Dem]

102. hello propaganda...this is a very scary proposition.

no outside party showing the news...are we living in a democracy???

[Up2Late]

103. I have a Question, Who's paying for this?

Is this being done with Tax Payer Money?

I thought we had laws against "Government Propaganda", especially when it's paid for with our money.

Hey, You think they would let us set up a "U.S. Government Corruption" Channel?

Or

A "Theories and Conspiracy" Channel?

Would they pay for that with our money?

[SmokingJacket]

106. No question we're paying -- for our own fricking propaganda.

When has the Pentagon ever held a pledge drive??

[Q3JR4]

104. Hmmmm....

They're trying to give us our own ministry of dis-information.

[Up2Late]

112. Wouldn't that be "The Ministry of Freedom and Liberty?"

or Libberdy, as * would say?

[Massachusetts]

111. Hail Rummy!

[wrate]

134. The laws do not matter if there is no law enforcement. The * cabal

will continue their fascist agenda regardless of the fact that laws are being broken for one reason and one reason only, because they can.

[Rainscents]

129. It looks like, FAUX, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, ABC, CBS and NBC

is going to have competition!

[SammyBlue]

130. Well, if we can have the Military Channel,

I'm sure we can have this drivel on Television. I'll just make it another one of the "channels I wouldn't watch if I were having a testicle removed with a broken coke bottle while getting a white hot fire poker enema."

But, isn't MSGOP, Certainly Not News (CNN), Faux News, CrapNBC, the three networks and 80% of the majot dailies just "government run" as well? From the lack of reporting, one would lead me to believe that. . .especially CNN and Faux

[V Lee]

138. Isn't there a law against using taxpayer money for propaganda?

I can see where this is heading - the next head of the FCC will say that unrestrained media consolidation is OK, and before long the government will end up owning all the major media outlets.

Velkome to your information, comrade!

[uppityperson]

140. Dang, no DISH, only DirecTV coverage in my house.

Another reason to think of switching networks. Right. Now now, don't call them fascists because it makes you sound like a hysteric. Again right.

[Cocoa]

141. this is NOT at "no charge"

we ARE paying for this with our taxes, and let's not forget that, nor let them forget it. :mad:

[hector459]

144. This is worse than the old USSR! Is this legal? It's not enough to own

and control the MSM, now they are going to go directly to our homes from the Pentagon?

[Gregorian]

146. The American lifestyle is sustained by violence.

Rubber, bananas, oil, coffee, sugar, and soon water.
And like Cocoa, above, said, we are paying for this with our taxes. I hear there is a group who are trying to get a fraction of their taxes removed. That amount that corresponds to war should be paid by those who support it. If we all stood together on this, it would end right now.

[WestMichRad]

148. No no no, you've got it all wrong!

This is wonderful news - let me explain:

With the pentagoonies directly beaming us their propaganda, it will now be EASY to compare their tripe to what the MSM is blathering under the guise of "balanced coverage". That will make it simple to show how the MSM outlets are little more than shills of government propaganda (peppered with ads to bring us corporate propaganda).

We should be thanking the pentagoons for this fuck-up that will expose them for all to see.

Oops, excuse me - I just realized that this would require the people to THINK FOR THEMSELVES. Like that'll be happening soon.

[Imagevision]

149. Rove is really getting pathetic!!

[Rex]

150. Nice! We put NK's propaganda machine to shame.

How long will it be before we are all slaves to the machine?

[latebloomer]

156. and I was just getting ready to get Dish!!

Tired of Rupert Murdoch's DirecTV.

You can't win.

[Haymare22]

157. 'military channel' rumor......

May be redundant by now by Ive heard adverts about a new mil channel coming, bet this is it.

[PROBLEMCHILD]

158. first time on DU

WHAT NEXT ??????????

[RaleighNCDUer]

189. With this bunch, there's no telling.

But at a guess, I suspect war in Iran, closely followed by Armageddon.

BTW, welcome to DU!:toast:

[dansolo]

159. No-cost?? Not if they are using taxpayer money to pay for it.

To say that there will be no charge is bullshit. At least you can refuse to pay for things like cable or satellite. But in reality, all taxpayers will be subsidising this channel.

[Lizzie Borden]

160. How can this be happening to my country??

:grr: :wow: :grr:

[Pam-Moby]

163. This country is in financial trouble!!!

So the way that you fix it is to start up erroneous extra unneeded programs that will suck up more unavailable money. If there is so much extra money , why? are we not funneling it into the programs that actually help people and advance our country not lie to it!!!!!
THIS MUST BE PART OF THE CHIMPS MANDATE!!!

[complain jane]

167. CHIMP SAID there'd be no more paid reporters!

Cutting out the middleman sounds about right.

[this_side_up]

169. You won't get this on your DISH unless

you have their 2nd dish installed.

The 2nd dish is for International Packages.

[magellan]

171. Here the second dish is FREE

I imagine it is in other areas, if not everywhere. Which means you are STILL paying for the Pentagon Channel whether you have the second dish or not.

[magellan]

170. You are paying for it TWICE!!

I just phoned Dish Network and let them know how angry I was about them carrying the Penta-ganda Channel. I said, "It's government propaganda and it's being paid for by every American taxpayer. What I want to know is if any of the money I send Dish Network every month goes to pay for AIRING this crap."

The answer: Yes. They buy it off another satellite.

So if you get Dish Network you're being reamed TWICE for government propaganda, whether you watch it or not.

CALL DISH NETWORK AND COMPLAIN/CANCEL!! 1-800-333-DISH (3474)

[GetTheRightVote]

173. Facism on the raise as Govt comes up with its own news channel

:kick:

[candu]

175. state radio

I lived in a Communist country, Hungary, and during the height of terror and repression in the early 50's, the only radio you were allowed to listen to was a one-channel state propaganda outlet. If you listened to short-wave western news it was punishable by jail time, job-loss, being branded as elitist, intellectual scum and on their list of undesirable citizens. Subject to any amount of harassment and loss of any job beyond manual labour. I think America should start reading books about the joys of Fascism and Communism because at the rate your country is going you will experience this yourselves fairly soon.

[baron j]

176. I don't need the TV version...I've already seen the movie:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087803/

[LynnTheDem]

177. US State Media becomes OFFICIAL.

Propaganda R US(A)

[applegrove]

180. What happened to those telephone pole loudspeakers - Outside?

What happened to those telephone pole loudspeakers - Outside? They could use those again. Blare them all day and part of the night. Would save energy.

[proudbluestater]

182. First NASA TV, now Pentagon TV? What happened to budget cuts????

How can OUR taxpayer dollars be going to fund more propaganda, and why, pray tell, do we need MORE propaganda on the airwaves?

If it were not for Link TV and Free Speech TV, I would throw my televison out.

[applegrove]

184. The whole point is to put so much information out there

The whole point is to put so much information out there that the cream (good information) cannot rise to the top. That is the whole point.

More noise!! What do you think the Neo Republicans want? Well-informed people?

That is what the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation & Radio Canada) does in Canada! Well informed people make good Liberals (internationalists) and bad conservatives (patriots). Which is a good analogy because Americans will in fact end up listening to CBC if this continues. No regular media will be left in the USA. How savvy and 'American' will you be then?

Shame on McCain! Shame on him. He spend 5 years in a communist prison. One would think he learned to appreciate the value of a culture that is open! But no - flood the americans with all quality of information. Yee Haw!!

[Nihil]

186. Not the whole point ...

> The whole point is to put so much information out there that the cream
> (good information) cannot rise to the top. That is the whole point.

Beg to differ ... that is undoubtably a major point and the previous
comments about brainwashing (either through over-familiarity or through
more direct methods) are also very true but I suspect that the aim of
this is to show how "all reliable channels are putting out the same
thing so it must be true" - not just making it hard to find the 'cream'
(as you so aptly put it) but completely undermining the existance of
anything other than the party line.

The Pentagon says "X", Fox says "X", NBCwhoever says "X", and only some
obscure foreign channel or - worse still - the Internet says "Y".

"Well it's obvious isn't it? The foreign commie-dominated internet is
lying and trying to smear our upstanding honest but patriotic news
providers ..."

[applegrove]

188. We had reached such a pinnacle of news.

We had reached such a pinnacle of news and information. Stories came in from all over the world. And if abuses were taking place somewhere - pressure could be brought to bear (okay not Rwanda). And then this - these fascists. They hate other human beings. They love an ADD world where they are in control of the people. And Democracy was never meant to be that.

[cabbage08]

185. and who is paying for this? n/t

[demo dutch]

190. Sounds like the kind of propaganda that took place in 1939-45 Germany !

Josef Goebels, the Nazi Minister of Propaganda, said, “A lie, if repeated often enough, will be believed.” So that's pretty much what we should expect!

[madmark]

191. Sickening

Particularly in an era when the government borrows money to meet current accounts, I have a problem with it spending money to enter the broadcast business. Unless someone can show me a credible study that this will somehow save money in recruiting costs, this is at best a waste of money, and worst (and most likely), political proganda paid for with borrowed public money. Sickening.

[Flammable Materials]

203. Some perspective.

It's in the 9400 channel range. This is where all the "public interest" channels are located. It's not exactly situated between Fox and CNN. The 11-million potential viewer comment is misleading.

It requires a second dish. You have to actually want it to get it. Also, the second dish requires a trickier line of sight. I tried to get it when I lived in my old apartment so I could get Dutch television, and I couldn't because of the grove of trees behind the building. I'm living in a rural house now, and it looks like I still might not be able to get the second dish for similar reasons.

Nobody is forced to watch it.

It will make good subversive remix fodder.

It's called THE PENTAGON CHANNEL. It's not like they're exactly trying to hide anything.

Yeah, I hate propaganda as much as anyone. But I think this new channel is receiving more hand-wringing than it's worth. I guarantee you it will be as exciting and as well-watched as Polka Night on RFDTV.