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Media's refusal to address the NYT's "military analyst" story continues
CNN ex-chief Eason Jordan: "I went to the Pentagon several times before the war started ... and we got a big thumbs up" on the military analysts we wanted to use. "That was important."
Glenn Greenwald [2008-04-22]

  • "Semi-official sources"

    Maybe this doesn't grab people as an issue because they've always assumed retired military officers on TV were still enough on board to spout the party line.

    The term we use for these "analysts" in other countries is "semi-official sources". Heck, Fox News is a semi-official organ of the Bush/Cheney administration.

    -- david78209
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    Tuesday, April 22, 2008 07:33 AM
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