Bill Moyers on Why the Press Bought the Iraq War

BILL MOYERS ON WHY THE PRESS BOUGHT THE IRAQ WAR
[SOURCE: AlterNet]
The marketing of the war in Iraq by the administration has been much examined, but a critical question remains: How and why did the press buy it? The new Bill Moyers Journal documentary from PBS explores these very questions. Bill Moyers and his team piece together the reporting that shows how the media were complicit in shaping the "public mind" toward the war, and ask what's happened to the press' role as skeptical "watchdog" over government power. This segment features the work of some intrepid journalists who didn't take the government's word at face value, including the team of reporters at Knight Ridder news service whose reporting turned up evidence at odds with the official view of reality. The full documentary will broadcast on PBS on April 25.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/50785/

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http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/life/20070423/d_moyers23.art.htm