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 »
Posted by Beth Wellington
An in-depth piece that amply demonstrates the callous after-the-fact justifications of big name TV journalists. The article misses the entire crux of the issueas are many other pundits who concentrate on the actions of journalists themselves. The guilt originates at the top. The runup to the war, with all its administration pandering justifications, cheerleading, and hollow patriotismwas calculatedly mandated by what some TV journalists have now referred to as extreme pressure from their corporate executives to present only stories favorable to the war effort. No questions. No opposing views. In other words, propagandamanaged news.
