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• Monday, December 1, 2008 06:58 PM

  NSNS (National Security News Service) claims credit for giving the NYTimes "the original tip" (no mention of The Nation)

  National Security News Service:

  http://storiesthatmatter.org/index.php?task=view&id=150

  Trento's Column: NBC is to the Pentagon what FOX is to the GOP

  Written by Joseph Trento
  Monday, 01 December 2008

  [...] NSNS reporters Christopher Law and David Armstrong provided The New York Times with the original tip and information about McCaffrey’s business ties and television appearances. [...]

  [...] It is time for NBC News President Steve Capus to resign and –if he refuses– to be fired.

  [...] Remarkably, on Sunday morning, November 30, 2008 – the same morning of the front-page New York Times article, George Stephanopoulos had Torie Clarke, the leader of the Pentagon propaganda effort first exposed in Barstow’s April 20th story, on his This Week panel with equal stature to others, including ABC correspondents.

  We have come a long way since real reporters did documentaries such as the classic, “The Selling of The Pentagon.” Perhaps NBC News should make it required viewing before they get punked again by the Pentagon.

  Real reporters understand they cannot be pals with the people they report on. They also tell their viewers or readers when their sources have conflicts of interest.

  Right now the only reliable NBC News show seems to be Weekend Update.

  - - Joseph Trento

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