The Pulitzer-winning investigation that dare not be uttered on TV

[Jefferson23]

**More accurate information that the masses do not receive through their "teevee news".

Glenn Greenwald
Tuesday April 21, 2009 08:27 EDT


(updated below - Update II)

The New York Times' David Barstow won a richly deserved Pulitzer Prize yesterday for two articles that, despite being featured as major news stories on the front page of The Paper of Record, were completely suppressed by virtually every network and cable news show, which to this day have never informed their viewers about what Bartow uncovered. Here is how the Pulitzer Committee described Barstow's exposés:

Awarded to David Barstow of The New York Times for his tenacious reporting that revealed how some retired generals, working as radio and television analysts, had been co-opted by the Pentagon to make its case for the war in Iraq, and how many of them also had undisclosed ties to companies that benefited from policies they defended.

By whom were these "ties to companies" undisclosed and for whom did these deeply conflicted retired generals pose as "analysts"? ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CNN and Fox -- the very companies that have simply suppressed the story from their viewers. They kept completely silent about Barstow's story even though it sparked Congressional inquiries, vehement objections from the then-leading Democratic presidential candidates, and allegations that the Pentagon program violated legal prohibitions on domestic propaganda programs. The Pentagon's secret collaboration with these "independent analysts" shaped multiple news stories from each of these outlets on a variety of critical topics. Most amazingly, many of them continue to employ as so-called "independent analysts" the very retired generals at the heart of Barstow's story, yet still refuse to inform their viewers about any part of this story.

article in full here: http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/04/21/pulitzer/

[Echo In Light]

1. Recommended

[FSogol]

2. Kick and recommend. n/t

[lame54]

3. K&R

[RufusTFirefly]

4. K + R n/t

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

5. Mockingbirds. nt

[Uncle Joe]

6. Double

[Uncle Joe]

7. kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Jefferson.

[Jefferson23]

8. You're welcome, infuriating isn't it, the battle to control information,

so damaging for our country.

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

9. recommended, now kicking...

[JackRiddler]

10. That was a great set of articles - he did the one on McCaffery too, right?

Spectacular.

[Jefferson23]

11. I'm glad you brought that up, this would be valuable for anyone

who hadn't been aware of it and also provides a great cross reference of info...thanks for that!

Monday Dec. 1, 2008 12:26 EST
NBC and McCaffrey's coordinated responses to the NYT story

(updated below - Update II)

Following up on yesterday's post regarding NBC News' suppression of the "military analyst" scandal and its ongoing reliance on the deeply conflicted Barry McCaffrey: I have obtained, from a very trustworthy source, emails sent last week between NBC News executives and McCaffrey (which cc:d Brian Williams), reflecting the extensive collaboration between NBC and McCaffrey to formulate a coordinated response to David Barstow's story. The emails are re-printed here.

in full here: http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/12/01/mccaffrey/

[chill_wind]

12. The Pentagon Pundit IG report of it's self-investigation

finding itself innocent of anything improper was a final newsdump-- the one they saved for the very, very last minute of the very last Friday BushCo was in office. There was a lot of buildup in the liberal blogoshphere at places like TPM that knew it was due out and watched all that final Friday for it.

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/01/dod_pundit_report_finds_no_wrongdoing.php

It was 80 pages long and had been posted here at the DOD website:

http://www.dodig.osd.mil/Inspections/IE/Reports/ExaminationofAllegationsInvolvingDoDOfficeofPublicAffairsOutreachProgram.pdf

Ah... but no more.

[Jefferson23]

15. Thanks for posting that, the report was predictable as well as the

timing of it.

[Better Believe It]

13. K & R

[Karenina]

14. . .

:kick: