Tom Brokaw's Disturbing Defense of the Media and Iraq

What is most appalling, however, is that it took McClellan's book to produce a debate about this tremendously vital subject at all....[in the] coverage of the fifth anniversary of the start of the Iraq war back in March, the media reviewed every aspect of the war and pointed fingers everywhere, except at the media. There was almost no self-assessment, after five years of war. Full Story »

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Jim Lang
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by Jim Lang - Oct. 1, 2008

This blog post blasts NBC new and Tom Brokaw in particular for not admitting their failure to dig during the run up to the US invasion of Iraq. It makes its point well but in sources and detail pales in comparison to the excellent McClatchy column to which it provides a link.

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