White House Iraq Group Launches Coordinated Media Messaging Campaign

| Importance: 9/10 | Status: confirmed

The White House Iraq Group (WHIG) finalized its systematic media coordination strategy, creating an unprecedented infrastructure for synchronized propaganda dissemination. Led by Karl Rove and including key administration officials like Condoleezza Rice and I. Lewis Libby, the group developed a comprehensive talking points distribution system targeting television networks. Their media blitz in early September 2002 involved coordinated appearances by top officials, using carefully crafted messaging to build public support for military action against Iraq.

Key Actors

Karl Rove Andrew Card Dick Cheney Condoleezza Rice Karen Hughes I. Lewis Libby

Tags

whig talking-points-distribution systematic-messaging media-coordination propaganda-infrastructure message-synchronization

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