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August 31, 2005
Pamela Hess - Pentagon Correspondent for UPI
I was listening to NPR on the way home this evening and listened to an interview with Pamela Hess from UPI. Hess is currently in Iraq traveling through all 18 provinces in order to assess if the U.S. is winning the war in Iraq and if and when the U.S. could pull out. She is focused on trying to bring a different perspective than what is seen daily in the news of more insurgent activity, suicide bombs, and general disorder.
I thought it strange that the NPR interviewer introduced Hess as the Pentagon Correspondent - UPI. It made it sound to me like Hess worked for the Pentagon and not UPI. As Hess recounted her experiences in visiting 8 of the 18 provinces and in talking with the U.S. troops I realized it was like listening to expertly crafted propaganda. Hess did not have one negative thing to say about the war, the troops morale, the effect of swaying public support for the war, or the treatment of troops by the government. She made it sound like each soldier was excited to be in Iraq doing their part for protecting the U.S. way of life.
Unfortunately, the cynic in me just thinks that Hess was granted access to be embeded with the troops only if she spun a positive story out of Iraq.
Posted by kermisch at August 31, 2005 11:42 PM