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Pentagon asks media to scrap old footage of ISIS columns
FoxNews.com ^ | 5/15/15 | Fox News

Posted on 05/15/2015 5:25:13 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo

Full title..."Not how they roll: Pentagon asks media to scrap old footage of ISIS columns"

ISIS may be on the move, but not the way you see on television, claims the Pentagon.

Footage of the menacing, black-clad terrorist army rolling across the desert in long convoys predates U.S.-led air strikes that have forced the jihadists to travel more discreetly, say senior State Department and Pentagon officials. They have asked television networks to stop using stock footage that makes the terror army seem more mobile - and more formidable - than they say it actually is.

“One Toyota speeding down the road by itself at night with its headlights off,” would be a more accurate image, said Pentagon spokesman Col. Steven Warren.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 20150515; alqaeda; isis; journalism; jvteam; media; mediabias; pentagon; propaganda; spin
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To: piasa

Just shows us how stupid that they think we are.


21 posted on 05/15/2015 6:02:04 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Make A Donation To Free Republic Tonight.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

When you want to try to give cover to a disgraceful President, and his disgraceful policies, then PR becomes very important.


22 posted on 05/15/2015 6:13:15 PM PDT by mbrfl (fightingmad)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Absolutely...They don’t want the American people to know how big of a threat Isis really is...


23 posted on 05/15/2015 6:17:53 PM PDT by Iscool
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U.S. ‘expedites’ weapons shipments to Iraq in wake of ISIS advances

http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/15/politics/us-weapons-shipments-iraq-ramadi/index.html


24 posted on 05/15/2015 6:46:35 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Make A Donation To Free Republic Tonight.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

They should show footage of a gay pride parade. That would piss ISIS off.


25 posted on 05/15/2015 11:07:16 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Barack Obama is not inarguably sane.)
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