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Jerome McDonnell explores the intersection between media and politics, the border dividing public relations and misinformation, and the role of information in shaping global opinion. The series hit the airwaves November 27-December 4, 2006.


Information Wars: The Pentagon’s No-Spin Zone

Torie Clarke—Senior Advisor, Comcast; Former U.S. Undersecretary of Defense; Author, Lipstick on a Pig: Winning in the No-Spin Era by Someone Who Knows the Game
Information Wars: Embedded in Afghan Radio

Don North—Former Advisor, Iraq Media Network and Radio Free Afghanistan; Producer and Director, Remembering Saddam
Information Wars: United Kingdom—BBC as Propaganda

David Edwards—Editor, Media Lens; Author, The Guardians of Power: The Myth of the Liberal Media
Information Wars: United States—Examples of Video News Releases

Mike Hill—Spokesman, National Association of Broadcast Communicators Diane Farsetta—Senior Researcher, Center for Media and Democracy Video News Releases I—Created by the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Public Affairs Video News Releases II—Created by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration Related Link: Listen to the entire video news release
Information Wars: Propaganda and Censorship in North Korea

Andrei Lankov—East Asian Studies Professor, Kook-Min University, Seoul, South Korea; Author, From Stalin to Kim Il Sung: The Formation of North Korea, 1945-1960
Information Wars: Uzbek Propaganda and the Andijan Massacre— Testimony from the Andijon Trial

Mahbuba Zokirova—Eyewitness Related Links: Audio Testimony is from Human Rights Watch Carnegie Endowment for International Peace—Source of Audio of the Andijan Uprising
Information Wars: Uzbek Propaganda and the Andijan Massacre

Morgan Liu —Professor, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Ohio State University
Information Wars: The Lincoln Group in Iraq

Willem Marx—Former Intern, Lincoln Group in Iraq; Graduate Student, New York University’s Journalism School Related Link: “Misinformation Intern: My Summer as a Military Propagandist in Iraq” in Harper’s Magazine (September 2006)
Information Wars: American Reality TV for Pan-Arabia—Interview with the Founder of Layalina Productions

Ambassador Richard Fairbanks—Founder and Chairman of the Board, Layalina Productions Related Link: Trailer for “On the Road in America” TV Program
Information Wars: The Origins of Propaganda

John Jenks—Associate Professor, Journalism, Dominican University; Author, British Propaganda and News Media in the Cold War
Information Wars: Propaganda vs. Public Diplomacy

Nancy Snow—Associate Professor, Communications, California State University in Fullerton; Author, Information War: American Propaganda, Free Speech, and Opinion Control Since 9/11