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Sunday, November 30, 2008 12:00 AM

The ongoing disgrace of NBC News and Brian Williams

Another story from the NYT further exposes the corruption of NBC's reliance on Gen. Barry McCaffrey as an "independent military analyst."

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  • Sunday, November 30, 2008 12:14 PM

    The problem is probably more endemic in MSM.

    Halliburton stock (HAL) went from $7/share in 2002 to $40/share in 2006. There has never been a disclosure of which reporters owned that stock. Is the pro-war, media-driven pump and dump related?

    HAL is an exaggerated case, but the defense sector has outperformed the S&P, 113% to -3.5% since 2000.

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