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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
NBC is owned by General Electric, which did almost $9 Billion in U.S. Government defense contracts between 2000 and 2007 (source: GovernmentContractsWon.com). Does anyone think G.E. bought a television network so execs could get good seats at the Emmy Awards?
I'm aware of that, and have noted it. The difference is substantial: that NBC is owned by GE is public information. That NBC's military analysts have financial stakes in the policies they're advocating is not.
Everyone is free to assess the credibility of reporting where conflicts are publicly known. The problem with undisclosed conflicts it that, by definition, they can't be assessed.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
219 Democrats and one Republican join in favor of the legislation, which passed by a narrow margin
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
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