The source of warm, fuzzy war stories -
Your favorite Pentagon.
WASHINGTON - "The Pentagon’s chief investigator is looking into the military’s practice of paying journalists to write articles and commentary for a Web site aimed at influencing public opinion in the Balkans, officials said Friday."
While this article is in re the Balkans, there's no reason to believe the practice hasn't continued into Iraq.
And is the source of much of what is quoted as gospel by True Believers. As has been suggested by some.
Arf