George Orwell was only partially right when he wrote 1984 and Animal Farm. You see in these books the government themselves ran propaganda and doublespeak campaigns. How inefficient, in todays world our government just hires a company to do it for them. Enter the Lincoln Group, a scurrilous group of war profiteers that convey our government's message of “it's all good” in countries like Iraq. They bribe local news papers and other news outlets to run stories they have carefully crafted to convey a message of progress and stability. This in the face of escalating violence, and declining public utilities. Check out this press release:

LINCOLN GROUP PRESS RELEASE
Dec. 2 at 4pm
TRUTH IN REPORTING
Lincoln Group has consistently worked with the Iraqi media to promote truthful reporting across Iraq. Our priority has always been, and continues to be, accuracy and timeliness.
Our clients, our employees and the Iraqis who support this effort have maintained a commitment to battle terror with a powerful weapon - the truth.

The Lincoln Group even has personnel who's job it is to cover the tracks of the groups dealings. The Pentagon insists that the stories they plant are factual. Even in the face of many military leaders saying that they are fighting a losing battle. If this message was so true, then why aren't the Iraqis themselves writing these stories? The funny thing is that in the United States the Pentagon doesn't need to pay the media to ignore the truth, they do it gladly as their corporate owners fear reporting anything that may paint them as weak on security, or bite into their own war profits. Read more in the Independent. In a related Story, the Government has spent over 1.6 Billion dollars on other forms of propaganda. This time aimed at Americans. Read that story here.
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