I refer to my own post quoting a news story.

Since shortly after the 9/11 attacks, the Bush administration has been conducting an information war that is extensive, costly and often hidden, according to documents and interviews with contractors, government officials and military personnel. The campaign was begun by the White House, which set up a secret panel to coordinate such operations by the Pentagon, other agencies and private contractors.
In Iraq and Afghanistan, the military operates radio stations and newspapers, but does not disclose their U.S. ties. Their reports sometimes credit the "International Information Center."
The Lincoln Group says it has planted more than 1,000 articles in the Iraqi and Arab press, and placed editorials on an Iraqi Web site, Pentagon documents show.
For an effort in neighboring countries, its proposals included an antiterrorist comedy based on The Three Stooges.
Army psychological-operations units sometimes offer TV stations money to run unattributed segments, or contract with writers of opinion pieces, military officials said.
"We don't want somebody to look at the product and see the U.S. government and tune out," said Col. James Treadwell, who ran psychological-operations support at the Special Operations Command in Tampa, Fla.
The U.S. Agency for International Development also masks its role. AID finances about 30 radio stations in Afghanistan. There and in Iraq, it has distributed tens of thousands of iPod-like devices that play civic messages-- though a contractor that pledges "no U.S. footprint."
Message-makers who are wary of identifying their role can cite findings by the Pentagon, pollsters and others underscoring fundamental problems of U.S. credibility abroad.
Defenders of influence campaigns argue that they are appropriate and can have impact. "Psychological operations are an essential part of warfare-- more so in the electronic age than ever," said Lt. Col. Charles A. Krohn, a retired Army spokesman and journalism professor. "... If you're going to invade a country and eject its government and occupy its territory, you ought to tell people who live there why."
But covert information battles may backfire, others warn. An Iraqi daily newspaper, Azzaman, has complained that the paid information campaign is a U.S. effort "to humiliate the independent national press." Many Iraqis say that no amount of money spent on trying to mold public opinion is likely to have much impact, given the harsh conditions under the American military occupation.

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How's 1200 reasons? That is how many member this group has. The media is trying to sway public opinion about this war and I hate to say that you are a prime example of why it is working.