Sheldon Richman on How the Media Betrayed Us on Iraq
Credit: United States Coast GuardThe 10th anniversary of the start of America’s
war against Iraq should not pass without recalling that the
mainstream news media eagerly participated in the Bush
administration’s dishonest campaign for public support, writes
Sheldon Richman. It is no exaggeration to say that most news
operations were little more than extensions of the White House
Office of Communications.