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Wednesday, April 23, 2008 12:00 AM

Interview with Aaron Brown on NYT "military analyst" story

The former CNN news anchor speaks about his program's use of retired generals as war commentators and about his war coverage generally.

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  • Wednesday, April 23, 2008 04:21 PM

    @Breadbaker

    Thanks for that interesting bit of history about the Spanish Flu, certainly relevant.

    And, not that it matters, but Aaron Brown was KIRO-7 in the Emerald City, no?

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