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Re:How brands secretly buy their way into Forbes, Fast Compa... by ProAm on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @05:11PM (#15856524)
I tried to find the specific article that mentioned it but could only find ones that were vaguely similar [1] The gist of what I can remember is that the government (and entities like the CIA, FBI) would pay to push certain stories, sometimes submit editorials that would be printed regardless, etc... Usually to build support for foreign policy (push that the middle easy was bad, China evil, communist Russia bad), etc... mostly propaganda-ish content to slowly sway US citizens mindset. I wish I could find the article, I believe it was between 7-10 years ago...

Sort of similar to this as well [2] (very hard to search for 'government pays NY Times, Post WSJ' or 'Pentagon articles in newspaper' etc.... So many results that are not related in whatever search bubble google has me in

[1] http://www.nytimes.com/1977/12/26/archives/worldwide-propaga...

[2] http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/us/20generals.html

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Re:How brands secretly buy their way into Forbes, Fast Compa... by WillPostForFood on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @04:05AM (#15859677)
What you suggested in your previous post is incorrect. You wouldn't have trouble googling it if it were true and known. Maybe you are confusing it with this change to the law in 2013:

http://www.businessinsider.com/us-domestic-propaganda-offici...

The closest thing to what you suggest (and it is not that close) is probably Judith Miller's Iraq reporting for the NY Times, but that's mostly down to her incompetence.

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Re:How brands secretly buy their way into Forbes, Fast Compa... by ProAm on Monday December 18, 2017 @06:41PM (#15956497)
> You wouldn't have trouble googling it if it were true and known

I disagree, or maybe Im just poor at searching but terms like "NY Times, government, paying, publish, stories, CIA" I get so much non-relevant search returns its impossible to separate the whet from the chafe. It was also many years ago, so Im sure search bubbles these days will tend to return stories that are newer as a default. The story I am remembering is definitely different from the one you recommended. I wish I could find it, it was a fascinating read at the time.

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Re:How brands secretly buy their way into Forbes, Fast Compa... by barrkel on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @08:04AM (#15860756)
Foreign Policy is more a matter of experts funded by agencies and think tanks (more political again) trying to shift the debate in the community.

Not sure it's of major relevance right now, when Trump does stuff that is not the common wisdom of the FP crowd, but normal behaviour should resume sooner or later.

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