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Then, in 1986, GE bought its own TV
network -- NBC. [127]
[Newsman on TV with GE lightbulb for a head:] Good evening, I'm Tom
Brokaw and this is the NBC Nightly News.
Charles Wilson would be pleased with NBC's programming. The network is
very good at marshalling public opinion along just the lines he
suggested. And NBC is not alone. You get just about the same message no
matter what channel you turn to.
ABC: Our game plan is right on schedule...
CNN: Our game plan is right on schedule...
CBS: Our game plan is right on schedule...
After the Persian Gulf War, one of the Bush Administration's top war
planners spoke to a group of prominent journalists and thanked them for
their help.
"[Television was] our chief tool in selling our policy." (Richard Hass,
National Security Council, 1991) [128]
It sure was. We were treated to live 24-hour war coverage, sponsored by
Exxon and General Electric and cleared by the Pentagon.
[Reporter asks Military Man:] Just how many lives can these new
high-tech weapons save, Colonel?
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