Army embeds active-duty PSYOPS soldiers at local TV stations

Psych Warfare controllers assume roles at TV stations

The U.S. Army has used local television stations in the U.S. as training posts for some of its psychological-operations personnel, The Upshot has learned. Since at least 2001, both WRAL, a CBS affiliate in Raleigh, N.C., and WTOC, a CBS affiliate in Savannah, Ga., have regularly hosted active-duty soldiers from the Army's 4th Psychological Operations group as part of the Army's Training With Industry program. Training With Industry is designed to offer career soldiers a chance to pick up skills through internships and fellowships with private businesses. The PSYOPS soldiers used WRAL and WTOC to learn broadcasting and communications expertise that they could apply in their mission, as the Army describes it, of "influenc[ing] the emotions, motives, objective reasoning, and ultimately the behavior of foreign audiences."

Well all I can say is at least they are being more out in the open about it.

For those who think pulling a level behind the curtain will make them the Wizard of Oz
controlling things via their so called representatives, guess again.

reply to post by Ex_MislTech
Very interesting.

Giving this a star, a flag and a bump.

reply to post by butcherguy


Thanks much, it is early yet and I think it will get a few ppl posting !

Orwell and Huxley are yet again proven correct.

reply to post by Ex_MislTech
I would guess that they pick up some info from similar programs that other countries have.

I wonder if they share any of the info they have gleaned from us with them?

Or do TPTB plan on each country using it domestically?

This would be looking at it from the viewpoint that their position hold some truth (yahh!).

Of course, I suppose they are already using it on us right now.

This makes tons of sense. The Mainstream Media has almost total control over the people. They influence what we buy, who we vote for, and most importantly who the bad guys are.

It's no wonder that the Army want to have their Psyops troops trained there. The MSM has been influencing people since radio and to came to be. It is an awesome propaganda tool.

It's too bad they don't use it to help wake people up! Pawns like Glenn Beck are nothing more than controlled opposition. Keeping the landless peasants at bay until the Government assumes total control of every aspect of our day to day lives.

The next few years will be extremely interesting to say the least.

Personally I believe we are already in a Revolution.

So far no shots have been fired, I don't think it will last.

Just look at: 2009H.R. 3534: Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of
Gives control of land and aquatic resources to the UN.

And don't forget about: S. 510:FDA Food Safety Modernization Act
Just about outlaws organic farming and growing your own food.


So yeah I think the Army better learn from the MSM. If it were not for the controlled media the Revolution would have started years ago.

reply to post by SWCCFAN

You are totally correct, they put Bernays work into the media on large scale.

en.wikipedia.org...

The art of triggering emotions for a desired response and then guiding them
down the primrose path to what you want ppl to believe.

reply to post by Ex_MislTech


S & F

I'm giving this thread a well deserved bump.
Thanks for posting the information.

Umm...anyone else read this besides me?

The PSYOPS soldiers used WRAL and WTOC to learn broadcasting and communications expertise that they could apply in their mission, as the Army describes it, of "influenc[ing] the emotions, motives, objective reasoning, and ultimately the behavior of foreign audiences."

Source Yahoo! News
Why does the service need to influence the behaviors of 'foreign audiences'?

I never knew about this Coat of Arms, either...

What are they trying to change? Who are they trying to persuade?



Good thread.

reply to post by havok
Same reasons that they need to influence ours!

I'd be willing to bet that there a lot more of them working at more stations!

reply to post by Ex_MislTech


This seems a little strange,but The movie Men Who Stare At Goats was based on a true story! I love that movie. Maybe these guys are the new Jedi,lol.

Great find - the 2001 or earlier date as a start for embed resonates with me too. Looking particularly for when this activity started at The Weather Channel. I first noticed it in 2003 and it was around that time that the family owned business was sold. The phrase "it's been a long time since we've seen this" became commonplace when describing horrific weather accompanied by sly winks from the regulars who now are mostly gone.

Ha! I always knew somebody was pointing a gun at Brian Williams head when he reads the news.
It even explains the disappearance of Dan "well-place explosives to bring a building down" Rather

This is seriously, horribly, terribly, messed up. The news Gestapo are now "embedded".
I'll sleep better at night knowing this

I already covered this a couple of days ago.

abovetopsecret.com...

Very interesting how our beloved US Army is asking for advice from our corrupted and manipulated media.. Real question is what are they planning on doing with this training??

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I searched for it before I posted, didn't see it as listed.

Consider this thread redirected to the person who posted it first !

Originally posted by havok
Umm...anyone else read this besides me?

The PSYOPS soldiers used WRAL and WTOC to learn broadcasting and communications expertise that they could apply in their mission, as the Army describes it, of "influenc[ing] the emotions, motives, objective reasoning, and ultimately the behavior of foreign audiences."

Why does the service need to influence the behaviors of 'foreign audiences'?
...

It's all a disgusting joke on the people of the US of A.

HALF the US budget is spent on military.

WHY allow the Government to waste so much money on actions outside of the US, when the people are unemployed/homeless/on food stamps/unaffordable health care/etc.

I think the Unions and other groups in US should co-ordinate some mass protests/rallies/strikes like the EU.
Shut the place down for a couple of days and amass the people at all states government buildings and DEMAND some action against the budget imbalances and coruption

US is going the same way as the roman empire - except it wont last the 500+ years Roman Empire did.

As a noob I have to ask, what is MSM? thanks in advance.

reply to post by Kirill
Main Stream Media.

You are quite welcome.

This doesnt suprise me, just think about the many other industries the military and government have infultrated. Im sure it goes deeper than this.

V6

Look up "Commando Solo". They operate in all foreign theaters of war. And is the main reason we hand out radios in Afghan, and help restock markets in Iraq with sattellite recievers.

I wonder if the Dan Rather incident ('whats the frequency") was an early
attempt to conquer the media.
I don't recall any anti Bush news handled by Dan before the incident.
Dan got caught in another handling method by way of a phony data
news release he thought was special dirt on Bush.
Now the authorities are up tight and close.