US to spend $20 million to find good news in Iraq

[Poiuyt]

Positive Press on Iraq Is Aim of U.S. Contract

By Walter Pincus
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, August 31, 2006; A20

U.S. military leaders in Baghdad have put out for bid a two-year, $20 million public relations contract that calls for extensive monitoring of U.S. and Middle Eastern media in an effort to promote more positive coverage of news from Iraq.

The contract calls for assembling a database of selected news stories and assessing their tone as part of a program to provide "public relations products" that would improve coverage of the military command's performance, according to a statement of work attached to the proposal.

The request for bids comes at a time when Bush administration officials are publicly criticizing media coverage of the war in Iraq.

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[Chipper Chat]

1. Karen Hughes to the rescue!

She'll sniff out the good news.

[spanone]

2. They could spent 200 million and it still won't work.

[zbdent]

4. They already blew $100million in bribing

"reporters" in the Arab countries to write glowing reports about the "freedom force" ...

[peacetalksforall]

3. So, Halliburton opens a new division and it's a slam dunk? . nt

[proud patriot]

5. Ummmmmmmmm WHAT A WASTE !

@#^%&*!!!!! :grr: