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Columbia Journalism Review by Charles Kaiser | Dec. 2, 2008 (Opinion)

Kaiser on NBC News and the military-industrial complex

Is there any limit to the shamelessness of NBC News?

That is one of several questions sparked by David Barstow’s 5,000-word assault against the military-industrial complex in general and “One Man’s Military-Industrial-Media Complex” in particular—the one owned and operated by retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey...The networks reacted to that Times story with a stunning wall of silence. Full Story »

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by James Canning - Dec. 2, 2008

Superb attack on NBC News for largely concealing gross dishonesty of the Pentagon in recruiting a horde of paid (prostitute?) retired military men to talk up the Iraq War and keep the public supportive of the idiotic "defense" spending by the US.

Only a total fool would think it makes sense for the US to spend as much money on weapons as the rest of the world combined.