Insider reveals how Defence 'massages message'

Ok folks sorry I have not got back to some threads as work has been busy of late.

I have to drop this news item as this week theres been couple of shenigans exposed with the OZ defence force. The one earlier this week regarding having troops uniform material made in CHina being one... and its not the only item they have made in China...

Quote :

A SENIOR Australian Army media adviser who served in Afghanistan and Iraq has revealed that a culture of excessive spin and unnecessary secrecy stopped important information reaching the public.

Andrew Bird, who left the army in December after eight years as an information operations and media adviser, said Defence obscured or painted an overly rosy picture of war in places such as Afghanistan.

''The way that we communicated is all government-centric. It just relayed the ministers' and prime minister's message, reinforcing the government's message. Every image we took, every interview we did and every bit of vision … was to support the government's view,'' he told The Age.

A Defence spokesman rejected the claims.

Linkage:

http://www.theage.com.au/national/insider-reveals-how-defence-massages-message-20100211-nv3z.html