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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 09:21 AM

    You don't get it!

    The test for success for these people is whether they make money, not whether they somehow serve the "public interest". What the heck is the "public interest"? No one can tell, no one can measure it. You can measure the size of your bank account, on the other hand. These people are crooks, who do not think like most people. You shouldn't expect them to respond to your human-oriented criticisms. They are amoral money-making machines. The only way to stop them is to stop giving them money. Fortunately, network television news is dying as its viewers die and are not replaced.

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