Ex-white House Spokesman Says Media Fell For Propaganda

29 May 2008
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Ex-white House Spokesman Says Media Fell For Propaganda


In a new book to be released Sunday, former White House spokesman Scott
McClellan excoriates his former administration bosses for their handling of the
war in Iraq and the Katrina disaster and accuses the "liberal media" of falling
for the "propaganda" that he dispensed at the behest of the president and
others. In the book, What Happened, McClellan accuses the news media of
becoming "complicit enablers" of the White House's efforts to manipulate public
opinion during the prelude to the invasion. "The 'liberal media' didn't live up
to its reputation," he writes. "If it had, the country would have been better
served." Excerpts from the book were published by the Washington D.C.website
Politico.com. It said that some reporters had been offered copies of the book
on condition that their reviews not appear before the official date of
publication on Sunday. "Politico declined and purchased What Happened at
a Washington bookstore" that had put it on sale early, it said.




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