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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 10:57 AM

    @GG

    As long as media companies remain privatized, rather than state-controlled, they'll be subject to these conflicts.

    One suggestion: reverse the trend toward consolidation by employing anti-trust laws more aggressivley. I believe that news outlets function best when news is their only business. Yes, there will always be some financial conflict of interest but it can be contained. As an adjunct, I think we ought to foster, not vilify, publicly-run news services such as PBS.

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