TV & Radio Military “Analysts” Mouthpieces For Pentagon Deception: New York Times Probe

Posted on April 20, 2008
Filed Under Journalism, News, commentary |

We’ve been had. Television and radio news. The public. Everyone.

In an amazing New York Times investigation, it is revealed that the army of “retired” military analysts who appear as “experts” on Iraq or the war on terrorism or a host of other military related issues, is, for the most part, nothing more than part of a Pentagon propaganda machine aimed at deceiving the American public.

The Times investigation says, “Hidden behind that appearance of objectivity, though, is a Pentagon information apparatus that has used those analysts in a campaign to generate favorable news coverage of the administration’s, wartime performance…”

Says the Times, “Most of the analysts have ties to military contractors vested in the very war policies they are asked to assess on air.”

“Those business relationships are hardly ever disclosed to the viewers, and sometimes not even to the networks themselves,” reports the Times piece by David Barstow.

Shame on the networks–especially CNN, MSNBC and –of course–FOX

The truly disgusting thing is how the networks either looked the other way regarding conflicts of interest, or else, knew but did nothing. In some cases, the article makes clear, network executives appear to be deliberately playing dumb.

This is a must read for anyone who wants to know how the “real world” works and who questions, rightly, the integrity of the nation’s news media.

We’ve been had. Shame on them. And, shame on us.

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