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Tuesday, April 10, 2007 12:00 AM

Iraq: Why the media failed

Afraid to challenge America's leaders or conventional wisdom about the Middle East, a toothless press collapsed.
By Gary Kamiya

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  • Tuesday, April 10, 2007 06:02 AM

    Why does no one ever mention "Frontline"?

    More than any other broadcast news source Frontline has done a great job of reporting skeptically about the war. They reported on the dubious claims of Mr. Chalabi well before the war started.

    Their recent 3 part series on the probelms facing the the news media was good as well.

    —MrEdCT Read MrEdCT's other letters

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