Story about spies penetrating grid may be part of a PR campaign

Re:Story about spies penetrating grid may be part of a PR ca... by madair on Wednesday April 08, 2009 @02:36PM (#553187)

There's a whole lot of propaganda all around us, and the willingness of newspapers and columnists to constantly grant anonymity to sources has turned it from a valuable tool for sunlight on public affairs into a valuable tool for any stakeholder with a telephone.

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Re:Story about spies penetrating grid may be part of a PR ca... by eli on Wednesday April 08, 2009 @10:39PM (#553815)

But there is a flip side. Let's assume for a moment that this is a true story and that the military did not authorize its release. In that situation, an anonymous source is pretty much the only way to get the story -- unless someone is willing to ruin their career (or worse) over it.

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Re:Story about spies penetrating grid may be part of a PR ca... by Ardit20 on Thursday April 09, 2009 @08:02AM (#554240)

No wonder they are suffering financially then. Perhaps it has nothing to do with the advertising industry generally but more with the people who do not trust the newspapers any longer and therefore do not read them.

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