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Sunday, April 20, 2008 12:00 AM

Major revelation: U.S. media deceitfully disseminates government propaganda

The New York Times in 2003 raised questions about the objectivity of retired generals. That didn't stop anyone -- including the Times -- from relying on them for "objective" commentary on the war.

Glenn Greenwald

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Sunday, April 20, 2008 08:39 AM

No time to out-blasé each other

Everyone—starting with Greenwald—is tripping over everyone else to say they knew all along that the news is propaganda. This is understandable when the points we've made for so long are suddenly advanced as though they are new, but it is counter-productive and egotistic.

We've been ignored for so long precisely because we lack the power and stature of big media like the NY Times. Our goal is to get some of that power, to channel that power towards the truth, right? The fact that this story—with more proof than we had for it—has broken into the big media is an enormous opportunity for us. Let's take it.

—gadgiiberibimba Read gadgiiberibimba's other letters

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