McClellan and His Media Collaborators

In February 2003, there was huge mainstream media skepticism about Powell's UN speech ... overseas. But US TV networks banished antiwar perspectives in the crucial two weeks surrounding that error-filled speech. FAIR studied all on-camera sources on the nightly ABC, CBS, NBC and PBS newscasts: Less than 1 percent - 3 out of 393 sources - were antiwar. Only 6 percent were skeptical sources. This at a time when 60 percent of Americans in polls wanted more ... Full Story »

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by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

I got my news from independent media at the time and was fully convinced that the bush/mcclellan story was propagada and uncomposted fertilizer. This article provides a fuller picture of the liars and complicit murderers that acted with McClellan in the days of the incessant war drums up until his born again book hit the street. McClellan has bravely helped enable a window of exposing thieves and liars in the big corporate media.

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by Ben Ross - Oct. 1, 2008

Very good media over view. Sharp and well (damning)documented. TV insider ...from Phil Donahue show...scathing and sharply critical of MSNBC, accurate and timely. Journalism which deserves a wider reading! This truth telling would not see the lite of day with out the criminal McClellan's attempt to come clean. Does not mention criminal receiving profits from crime.

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