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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Lynn Caporale
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by Lynn Caporale - Oct. 1, 2008

It is good journalism because it draws attention to a story that is not adequately reported: that a few, but too far too few, reporters challenged the propaganda; in contrast, all around us we have the over-reported and less important version of the story: here's a video of Dana Perino's reaction to Scott McClellan's book.

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