The last paragraph of today's New York Times* article 'No Breach Seen In Work In Iraqi Propoganda' is a classic "gag a maggot" exercise in hypocrisy.  In its last paragraph, Tom Shanker cautions the Pentagon about information operations and writes, apparently with a straight face: '...misleading information and lies could easily migrate into American news outlets, as could the perception that false information is being spread by the Pentagon.'   It must have teed—off the NYT and other antique medianauts to have to report that an investigation into the Multi—National Force Iraq practice of 'planting positive news stories' has found that no military policies were violated.  Neither MNF—Iraq nor the Lincoln Group did anything wrong.  Their sin:  getting The Truth in print, an alien concept for the antique media.  Here is an excerpt from my Dec. 2005 American Thinker article: 'In its press release titled...(Read Full Post)