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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."
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Sunday, November 30, 2008 07:29 AM

    Glenn, Glenn...

    Why so outraged? Newsflash: 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?

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