PSC783, Propaganda and Public Diplomacy, Part IV

Olga Zatepilina

Uncensored war JUSPAO’s “Five o’clock follies”

Press disloyalty? Debate over VOA’s independence in reporting

Cognitive dissonance, crisis of credibility

Eddie Adam’s pictures of Tet execution

Hersh’s coverage of My Lai

Censored war, made-for-TV war, Nintendo war

“Media Support Program”

Gray area between public diplomacy and PSYOP

Hill and Knowlton and VNRs

Rendon Group and PSYOPs

• October 2001-March 2003• J. Walter Thompson; Oglivy & Mather• “Can Charlotte Beers Sell Uncle

Sam?” http://www.time.com/time/columnist/carlson/article/0,9565,184536,00.html

• Shared Values Campaign • Spokespeople on Al Jezeera• “Bush’s Muslim Propaganda Chief

Resigns” http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/03/03/state.resignation/better defend U.S policy and interests

Reality War Media management: Embeds,

militainmentHill & Knowlton’s connection in “Saving Private Lynch”?“Pulling the plug” on al Jazeera Abu GhraibHaditha

USSOCOM: Psychological Operations Group and Joint Strategic PSYOP Element

Lincoln Group and PSPYOPsRendon Group and psychological-

political warfareBell Pottinger Public Affairs and CPA

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)

Based in the United StatesAl-Hurra TV Radio SawaRadio Farda

• IMN's $100 million budget for 2003 • Al-Iraqiya TV, Al-Sabah newspaper,

RI Radio• DOD: SAIC ($108.2 million ) and

Harris Communications ($96mln.)• Iraqi Public Service Broadcaster

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33564-2004Oct14.html

• September 2005 – October 2007• June 2007: National Strategy for

Public Diplomacy • Diplomacy of Deeds, Listening Tour• Partnership for Breast Cancer

Awareness and Research• No Short-term Fix for US Image

Abroad http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5304491