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3. U.S ARMY'S PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS PERSONNEL WORKED AT CNN
From June 1999 to March 2000, CNN employed military specialists in
"psychological operations" (Psyops) in their Southeast TV bureau and
CNN radio
division.
CNN had hosted a total of five interns from US army Psyops: two in
television,
two in radio and one in satellite operations. The millitary/CNN
personnel
belonged to the airmobile Fourth Psycological Operations Group,
stationed at
Fort Bragg, North Carolina. One of the main tasks of this group of
almost 1,200
soldiers and officers is to spread "selected information".
The propaganda group was involved in the Gulf war, the war in Bosnia
and the
crisis in Kosovo. The military personnel stayed with CNN for at least
two weeks
to "get to know the company and to broaden their horizons".  Still, the
Psyops
people in Arlington were not entirely satisfied with news handling
during the
war in Serbia.  In their opinion, too much information about the
results of the
bombings came to the surface. CNN reports and other media coverage of
the war in
Kosovo have attracted criticism for being one-sided, overly emotional,
oversimplified and too heavily reliant on NATO officials. On the other
hand,
journalists have complained about the lack of relliable information
from NATO;
for almost all of them, it was impossible to be on the battlefield and
file
first-hand reports.
Reference: Alexander Cockburn, "CNN and Psyops", CounterPunch, February
16 and
March 1, 2000, www.counterpunch.org/cnnpsyops.html