Ventriloquote

Ziad sent me this:  "You asked your readership to name this propaganda technique and I would like to suggest ventriloquote.  You can attribute this to well known lexicographer Ziad (I'm neither well-known nor a lexicographer but in all fairness Blanford is not famous outside of Now Lebanon nor a real journalist".  (I only deleted the smiling face as Angry Arab blog does not recognize emoticons, especially the damn smiling face).