--- In [email protected], "geezerfreak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > Bill Moyers's 90-minute documentary on how the > > "librul" media willingly helped Bush drag us > > into the war with Iraq is available for viewing > > online at: > > > > http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/btw/watch.html > > > > From the Web site: > > > > How did the mainstream press get it so wrong? How did the evidence > > disputing the existence of weapons of mass destruction and the link > > between Saddam Hussein to 9-11 continue to go largely > > unreported? "What the conservative media did was easy to fathom; they > > had been cheerleaders for the White House from the beginning and were > > simply continuing to rally the public behind the President no > > questions asked. How mainstream journalists suspended skepticism and > > scrutiny remains an issue of significance that the media has not > > satisfactorily explored," says Moyers. "How the administration > > marketed the war to the American people has been well covered, but > > critical questions remain: How and why did the press buy it, and what > > does it say about the role of journalists in helping the public sort > > out fact from propaganda?" > > Watched it last night. Brilliant reporting by Moyers. He spares no one > in the media, including himself. The entire story of how this war was > sold to the American public is just now starting to unfold. It is a > shameful tale. > Shameful, but not surprising imo. It was a marketing campaign, adopted so that those same mainstream journalists could continue to gain access to the white house. It is what they have always done, the backroom deals, the unnamed sources, the sucking up. Only this time those in the white house were evil, and the journalists just followed them blindly like lemmings off a cliff.
