i picked up a link to a blistering indictment of the american media from al jazeera, via LetterMan at tabletalk:
The failure of US journalism
The US media reproduces the conventional wisdom of the elite
Almost a year after the US invasion of Iraq, the failure of US journalism is complete.
Before, during and after the war, mainstream commercial journalists have failed to provide the critical analysis, independent reporting, and the diverse range of opinions necessary for the American public to evaluate the Bush administration’s claims about the war.
After the hunt for Iraq's weapons of mass destruction came up empty, Bush was forced to appoint a commission to study the "intelligence failures" in the run-up to war.
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the real irony here? the article is written by a professor of journalism from texas.
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