Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Losing the information war

Is the US really losing the information war, as Hillary Clinton claims, and how can it fight back?

"America is facing an information war ... and we are losing that war." That is what Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, said as she spoke before the Senate foreign relations committee.

The war, she says, is being won by networks that offer "real news". She praised Al Jazeera and said that it is changing peoples' minds and attitudes.

Her comments came as Republicans plan to cut the state department's budget by half.
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