According to U.S. law it is illegal for the military to plant propaganda through American news outlets. In today's information age it is often impossible to draw lines between American and foreign news. It is likely that reporting from articles planted in Iraqi news media will find its way into the American media . The response from the Pentagon was mixed  with Rumsfeld's spokesperson Bryan Whitman saying that he was unaware of such practice and raised the concern that "this article raises some question as to whether or not some of the practices that are described in there are consistent with the principles of this department." US spokesperson Maj Gen Rick Lynch defended the practices by saying: "We do empower our operational commanders with the ability to inform the Iraqi public but everything we do is based on fact, not based on fiction."
 U.S. law only prevents the military from planting propaganda through American news outlets. Critics charge, however, that in the modern media environment, stories written for foreign news sources are likely to leak into American news . The response from the Pentagon was mixed , with Rumsfeld's spokesperson Bryan Whitman saying that he was unaware of such practice , noting that "this article raises some question as to whether or not some of the practices that are described in there are consistent with the principles of this department." US spokesperson Maj . Gen. Rick Lynch defended the practices by saying: "We do empower our operational commanders with the ability to inform the Iraqi public but everything we do is based on fact, not based on fiction."
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In today's information age it is often impossible to draw lines between American and foreign news. It is likely that reporting from articles planted in Iraqi news media will find its way into the American media
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