Hillary Clinton: US losing "Information War" - RT 110303

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies before a Senate Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, March 2, 2011 (AFP Photo / Rod Lamkey Jr)
The US is losing the global information war, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared while appearing before a congressional committee to ask for extra funds to spread US propaganda through new media.
Clinton said existing private channels are not good enough to handle the job, naming as rivals Al Jazeera, China's CCTV and RT -- which she watches, she added.
Clinton was defending her department's budget in front of the House's Committee on Foreign Affairs on Wednesday.
Clinton said the US should step up its propaganda effort and get back "in the game" of doing "what we do best."
"During the Cold War we did a great job in getting America's message out. After the Berlin Wall fell we said, 'Okay, fine, enough of that, we are done,' and unfortunately we are paying a big price for it," she said. "Our private media cannot fill that gap."
"We are in an information war and we are losing that war. Al Jazeera is winning, the Chinese have opened a global multi-language television network, the Russians have opened up an English-language network. I've seen it in a few countries, and it is quite instructive," she stated.
Things have changed a lot since the days when Western media outlets, including BBC and CNN, had a monopoly on the coverage of world news. More and more viewers across the world tune into various foreign media to get a fresh take on events.
It is all in the numbers. For instance, RT's presence on YouTube is a real hit: almost 300 million views, when CNN International is struggling to reach 3 million.
RT's constantly growing audience is an indication that the days of media monopoly are over and that people are demanding more multi-polar thinking.
One of the latest examples is Al Jazeera's coverage of the unrest in the Middle East and North Africa, which by most accounts outshone the US media's presentation of events.
Not everyone, however, is happy with the wider variety of media options. The head of the federal agency that manages the US's government-run international broadcasting has basically called all those foreign media enemies.
Last year Walter Isaacson, who heads the federal agency that manages the US's government-run international broadcasting, including the Voice of America, warned against the influence of foreign media.
"We can't allow ourselves to be out-communicated by our enemies," he said, in a now-infamous pitch to get his agency more funding. He did, however, later backtrack on his statement, saying that he was misunderstood.
­Journalist and filmmaker Danny Schechter says the US can no longer maintain a monopoly on information.

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[outlawable33]

It doesn't matter how much $ US tries to throws into the information war, they have lost all credibility and thus for should just quit while they can.

[Prant3ra]

HolyShit Why is " The Free World " worried about the news? LoL or are they worried about what they can't hide from us any longer?

[SaxonMoustache]

Al-Jazeera is perfectly synced with the U.S. propaganda machine. Those bearded, turbaned shills are finessing the Saudi/Quatari jihadist blitz against Egypt, Libya, Syria... This is a massive lie. Go fuck your mothers ALL you corporate mafia brigands.

[netuser1707]

Even more lies?!

proof of censor ship and lies in US media:

08oo.wordpress(DOT)com/2012/05­/30/key-reasons-and-powers-beh­ind-the-attack-on-syria/

[tehdouglas1]

0:29 lol nice pause

[invisibleaznDJ]

Fuck this idiot bitch clinton. US MSM highly favours the US gov's statist policies all the time. The US gov is losing favour as well as US MSM because they are run by a bunch of statist pigs that want to take away peoples rights and money. They are losing because they SUCK. When you can get more accurate info from conspiracy sites and foreign media, why stick with us MSM. They are losing favour cause people can find the truth on the internet. Fucking dumb bitch.....

[toocat2000000]

infowars.com

Hitlary can't say it properly.

[itsanawesomeguy]

INFOWARS.COM FOR ALL UR NEWS

[Rudi Kraan]

The worlds people are caching on to the truth, and this can not be reversed any more...

[navyseals203]

Well the us has the strongest military

[TheStreeser1]

Hitlery Clampdown .. You cant buy our voices Hitlery!