
Article in The Atlantic by Anne Applebaum, 10/27/25
Headline: “The Pentagon’s Version of Regime Propaganda”
Subhead: “The Trump administration is trying to muddle reality—and create apathy.”
“When you imagine media in a dictatorship, you probably think of something dull and gray. Maybe a Soviet state-television program, extolling the annual harvest. Perhaps a smudgy newspaper photograph of Chairman Mao or General Pinochet, surrounded by blocks of turgid prose.
“But if that is your mental picture, then your imagination is out of date. Nowadays, authoritarian propaganda can be varied, colorful, even mesmerizing. . .”
“For the first time in our history, the Department of Defense has been carefully preparing to offer Americans something similar: not information but entertainment, scandal, sycophancy, and jokes. . .”
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Article in Media Matters by Matt Gertz, 10/27/25
Headline: “Pete Hegseth is replacing the Pentagon press corps with MAGA propagandists”
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is stifling the Pentagon’s channels for public information and cutting off avenues for accountability as U.S. forces deploy on missions of dubious legality that are fraught with potential danger. . .”
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