OH Paper Runs Army Flack's Upbeat Iraq Blog

[Roland99]

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/000256.php

Over at the Cincinnati Enquirer's online site, Cincinnati.com, there's a blog about Iraq written by military staffer whose job is to generate positive news about U.S. efforts to rebuild Iraq.

Grandma in Iraq is the title of the blog, written by Suzanne M. Fournier, a Public Affairs Officer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The posts are largely upbeat. "Everytime an Iraqi contractor bids on a reconstruction project. . . it is a sign that democracy is winning here," reads one. :puke: "I am confident we'll have another banner year of success for the benefit of the people of Iraq and democracy in the Middle East," another says.

Cincinnati.com identifies "Grandma" as "Suzanne Fournier of Alexandria, grandmother of 15, posts from Iraq, where she is stationed with the U.S. Army Corp. of Engineers." It makes no mention she's a flack.

That's our tax dollars at work. Winning the war on information on those internets.

[Fridays Child]

1. Complete with photos of Istanbul, no doubt.

[BrklynLiberal]

2. Is she the one who asked W why there is no good news out of Iraq?

I read that the one who did ask that question at the "Q&A" is the wife of a n Army PR guy. Sah-prahz! Sah-prahz! Sah-prahz!!!

[Roland99]

4. You mean the woman from W. Va? That woman's name was Gayle Taylor.

http://www.mrc.org/cyberalerts/2006/cyb20060323.asp#1

Looks like a bitter person to me.

[BrklynLiberal]

5. Thanks for the info. Guess they are basically cut from the same mold.

[BrklynLiberal]

7. Actually what was funniest about that link is that there is STILL a site

tracking the "Liberal Media"!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Ian David]

3. All they're doing is giving the insurgents a list of targets

At least, that's what Kaloogian says.

[SoCalDem]

6. a flack and a HACK.. but first and foremost..a propagandist

:puke:

[rocktivity]

8. And exactly HOW OFTEN does an Iraqi contractor get to bid on a project?

Aren't those jobs going to imported, cheaper labor? By the way, why do they have to contract in the first place? Why can't they get the contract directly? Isn't it THEIR country?

:mad:
rocknation

[Roland99]

9. Something I heard on the news the other day was that contracts were

subcontracted by US to Iraqis who subcontracted to someone else who subcontracted to someone else who...


You get the picture.


Recipe for fraud, eh?

[dchill]

10. I hear you.

I see your
:puke:
And raise you two.
:puke::puke:

[zbdent]

11. All I have to say is this:

How much is her weekly paycheck?