* * * * *
“And now, news from our sponsor … ”
> In two places the ad featured statements highly critical of now-former
> Secretary White. In her statement Fitts criticized White for his inability
> to balance the Army's books at a time when the Department of Defense has
> admittedly “misplaced” more that $3 trillion of taxpayer money. Ruppert
> observed, “White's claim that residual damage from the attacks of September
> 11^th was the cause for unbalanced books in the Army was ludicrous. The
> attack of 9/11 hit the Navy Wing of the Pentagon. How could that affect the
> Army?”
>
> In the text of the ad itself White was also criticized for his role as an
> Enron executive which provided him with millions of dollars in income while
> stockholders were being defrauded. White was subsequently investigated for
> insider trading of Enron stock.
>
Via Robot Wisdom [1], “Subscriber Buys FTW Full Page Ad in The Washington
Post—Leaked Copy May Have Forced Resignation of Army Secretary [2]”
I wonder if we'll start seeing more and more of this? Certainly the major
media outlets won't write articles like this so it seems to the only way to
get news like this out is to slap it into advertising.
[1]
http://www.robotwisdom.com/
[2]
http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/051603_wash_post_ad.html
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