USA beams "Baghdad Betty" into Iraq (tags)
A German news mag "Der Speigel" reveals that the Bush regime is providing US$120 Million funding for a TV station, Al-Hurra("the free one in Arabic"), that airs embedded American versions of "news"--from its plushy offices, fully equipped with designer furniture, flat-screen monitors in Virginia--back into Iraq. How's that for high-tech informational warfare?
Cultural Imperialism goes into overdrive. American style television will now be broadcast into Iraq by way of a new U.S. created satellite network. Peter Jennings and Dan Rather will now report the "truth" to the Iraqi people. "Lifestyle" programs presenting "American values" will also be beamed into the Arab nation (Photo - Iraqis watch the news on a television connected to a satellite dish in Baghdad Saturday, April 19, 2003. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)