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Monday, April 21, 2008
so not shocking it's shocking how not shocking it is
WASHINGTON -- Yesterday, the New York Times exposed a secret Pentagon effort to spread favorable views of the war by recruiting and planting military analysts in the nation's news media. These pundits became fixtures of war coverage on most major network, cable, radio and print news outlets without disclosing their considerable conflicts of interest in their own work as consultants, lobbyists and contractors for military interests.
Annudder shocker from the NYT article:
ReplyDeleteA spokeswoman for Fox Noise said executives "refused to participate" in this article.