American journalists typically have portrayed themselves as the public’s “watchdogs” monitoring the behavior of elected and appointed government officials. In the foreign policy arena, the mainstream news media have failed spectacularly at their self-proclaimed mission. Indeed, such journalists have rarely even made a credible effort to perform that task. Too often, they instead have become … Continue reading “The Press as the War Machine’s Ally”
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