Monday, October 4, 2010

PSYOPS Soldiers Embed in CBS Affiliate TV Stations to get expertise in influencing the emotions, motives and behavior of foreign audiences

PSYOPS Soldiers Embed in CBS Affiliate TV Stations:

PSYOPS Soldiers embed in CBS affiliate TV Stations to learn broadcasting and communications expertise that they could apply in their mission to influence the emotions, motives and ultimately the behavior of foreign audiences.

October 4, 2010 - DemocracyNow! - HERE

"The news blog, The Upshot, has revealed the US Army has used local CBS television affiliates in Georgia and North Carolina as training posts for some of its psychological-operations personnel. Active-duty soldiers worked at the stations WRAL and WTOC as part of the Army’s Training with Industry Program. The PSYOPS soldiers learned broadcasting and communications expertise that they could apply in their mission to influence the emotions, motives and ultimately the behavior of foreign audiences."

THE UPSHOT BLOG:

"Army embeds active-duty PSYOPS soldiers at local TV stations"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20101001/us_yblog_upshot/army-embeds-active-duty-psyops-soldiers-at-local-tv-stations