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Military Analysts Named In Times Report Appeared Or Were Quoted More Than 4,500 Times On Broadcast Nets, Cables, NPR

Media Matters did massive research into the Military Analysts scandal since the networks won't even have a conversation about it and found out that:

Media Matters did massive research into the Military Analysts scandal since the networks won't even have a conversation about it and found out that:

A New York Times article detailed the connection between numerous media military analysts and the Pentagon and defense industries, reporting that "the Bush administration has used its control over access and information in an effort to transform" media military analysts "into a kind of media Trojan horse -- an instrument intended to shape terrorism coverage from inside the major TV and radio networks." A Media Matters review found that since January 1, 2002, the analysts named in the Times article -- many identified as having ties to the defense industry -- collectively appeared or were quoted as experts more than 4,500 times on ABC, ABC News Now, CBS, CBS Radio Network, NBC, CNN, CNN Headline News, Fox News, MSNBC, CNBC, and NPR....read on

We knew they were all over the airwaves, but not to this degree. Di Rita was only trying to bring balance to the news coverage anyway. Glenn Greenwald wonders if Karl Rove was part of this program. What do you think?

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