Dan Olmsted

Reporters Weigh the Value of Information Against the Threat of Legal Action

By Dan Olmsted• Opinion• June 15, 2005

‘… no one should underestimate the ability of fear and sophisticated sound bites—otherwise known as propaganda—to shape the public mood.’ Read more

Telling Stories the Military Doesn’t Want Told

By Dan Olmsted• June 15, 2004

If war is hell, then the aftermath for too many of those who fought the war in Iraq is worthy of another biblical metaphor—purgatory. Last fall, UPI’s Mark Benjamin got a call from the husband of a soldier who … Read more

Telling Stories the Military Doesn’t Want Told

By Dan Olmsted• June 15, 2004

If war is hell, then the aftermath for too many of those who fought the war in Iraq is worthy of another biblical metaphor—purgatory. Last fall, UPI’s Mark Benjamin got a call from the husband of a soldier who had … Read more