A háborús propaganda buktatói. Irak, 2003
The Pitfalls of the war propaganda. Iraq, 2003

Summary/Abstract: During military conflicts,satisfying the reporters' need for a constant flow of detailed information about the progress of the war and simultaneously ensuring security has proved to be tricky for most war commanders. During the 1991 Gulf War, General Schwarzkopf became the charismatic face of the war, selling it to the public. For the 2003 War in Iraq, the military - lacking a new Gen. Scharzkopf - first tried to dazzle the reporters with high-tech multimedia enhancements at the briefings. When that did not satisfy them any longer and they started to get restless, the PR spin doctors at central Command decided to provide the media with valiant stories about military personel - elevating some soldiers to heroes, sometimes without real heroic deeds. The present article chronicles the invention of the Jessica Lynch saga.

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