RT: State Dept. Wrote To Sony For Help In Countering Islamic State, Russian Narratives
Emails published this week by WikiLeaks reveal that a senior State Dept. official asked the CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment for help in countering the narratives of the Russian Federation and the so-called Islamic State.
Internal Sony correspondence that was leaked to the web following last year’s colossal SPE hack and now mirrored by the anti-secrecy group shows that Richard Stengel, the US under secretary for public diplomacy and public affairs, asked for Hollywood’s help in advancing the State Dept.’s agenda as recently as November 2014.
“As you could see, we have plenty of challenges in countering ISIL narratives in the Middle East and Russian narratives in central and Eastern Europe. In both cases, there are millions and millions of people in those regions who are getting a skewed version of reality. And it's not something that the State Department can do on its own [by] any means,” Stengel wrote in an Oct. 15 email to SPE CEO Mark Lynton, using an alternative acronym for the Islamic militants also known as ISIS.
“Following up on our conversation, I'd love to convene a group of media executives who can help us think about better ways to respond to both of these large challenges. This is a conversation about ideas, about content and production, about commercial possibilities. I promise you it will be interesting, fun and rewarding,” Stengel wrote.
The State Dept. official re-sent the email two days later, and nearly a month down the line Lynton responded with the names of five other media execs, including representatives for Disney and Fox.
“Is that enough for you?” Lynton asked.
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