US Media Poodles
Irancove @ November 22, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Norman Solomon at the Guardian:
The political feasibility of waging these tragic wars can be largely traced to the US media’s reflexive capitulations to the administration in Washington - providing stenographic services far more often than tough scrutiny.
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Gareth Porter: Israel’s Syrian Airstrike Was Aimed at Iran
Irancove @ November 22, 2007 # One Comment
Source: Common Dreams
Until late October, the accepted explanation about the Sep. 6 Israeli airstrike in Syria, constructed in a series of press leaks from U.S. officials, was that it was prompted by dramatic satellite intelligence that Syria was building a nuclear facility with help from North Korea.
But new satellite evidence has discredited that narrative, suggesting […]
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