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Originally posted by DeltAlum
When that had been used to death, the Army probably released the night scope footage of the actual raid. The cynic in me finds it easy to believe that this was a purposful thing on behalf of our side. Subtle, but effective I think.
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By the way, I'm not saying that this is a bad strategy by the Army. If fact, it's pretty effective. Government use of the media is a highly practiced art -- and the military is/are masters at it.
My real problem with this technique is that when you consider all of the 24 hour news services, when they are only fed two or three shots (like the physical exam sequence), you see them used over and over until nauseus, because CNN/FOX/MSNBC, etc. feel they must have video -- as opposed to "talking heads."
The only rationale for this is that most viewers only watch for a few minutes at a time.
Either that or Republicans/Democrats, Liberals/Conservatives, Men/Women (pick you own -- I ain't goin' there) have real short attention spans.
ETA that Hootie's post above was added while I was typing mine, I guess. I would also add that even the "examination" footage is more compelling than "expert" talking heads, etc.