Moyers hammers the media for 'Buying the War' in Iraq

USA Today by Peter Johnson, | Apr. 23, 2007 (News Report)

Journalists were "shocked and traumatized by the atrocities of 9/11, of people hurling themselves out of 50-story windows in the World Trade Center," PBS newsman Bill Moyers says. "Their natural response was to rally around the troops, make sure the commander-in-chief got the perpetrators."
But that led most news organizations to "suspend their skepticism" of an administration bent on war in Iraq, he says, and that contributed to the "great ... Full Story »

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by Dale Penn - Oct. 1, 2008

Having seen Moyers on "Real Time" last week, I had already set my TIVO to record the TV show that is the subject of this article. Moyers attempts to make the case that media (both MSM and online) were complicit and/or complacent in the run up to the Iraq war. He points out exceptions. This Wednesday evening, 4/25/07 9PM EST on PBS. This snippet from USA Today provides basic background on the show.

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