Iraq: Why the media failed

Afraid to challenge America's leaders or conventional wisdom about the Middle East, a toothless press collapsed.

It's no secret that the period of time between 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq represents one of the greatest collapses in the history of the American media. Every branch of the media failed, from daily newspapers, magazines and Web sites to television networks, cable channels and radio. I'm not going to go into chapter and verse about the media's specific failures, its credulousness about aluminum tubes and mushroom clouds and failure to make clear that ... Full Story »

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Lynn Caporale
2.3
by Lynn Caporale - Oct. 1, 2008

I share the author's outrage, so that makes it tempting to cheer with lots of stars in the rating, but this does not say anything new. It would have been more interesting if the author had done some reporting rather than just opining and in particular, for example, explored what happened in the ABC newsroom [led by the extraordinary Jennings] that made it the one network that it was possible to watch without screaming at the television.

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