Military analysts named in Times exposé appeared or were quoted more than 4,500 times

[Ichingcarpenter]

A Media Matters review found that since January 1, 2002, the analysts named in Barstow's 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 in segments covering the Iraq war both before and after the invasion, as well as numerous other national security or government policy issues.




A spreadsheet listing each of the analysts' appearances documented by Media Matters .

The following chart lists 20 analysts included in Barstow's article, the network or networks on which each analyst appeared, and the number of appearances made by each analyst since January 1, 2002, as tabulated by Media Matters:


http://mediamatters.org/items/200805130001

[bryant69]

1. That's a lot of times

This story is depressing on a lot of ways - depressing that it was done, depressing that no one seems to care, and depressing that if people start caring the right wing will paint our objections to this practice as an attack on the military.

Bryant
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[riderinthestorm]

2. That chart is missing a column.

It needs to identify what corps and defense industries they are associated with, perhaps even a fifth column that shows how much their respective corps made off defense contracts.

THAT would be enlightening.

[rucky]

3. CNN appears to be the worst offender...

or got duped the most, depending on who you believe.

[leftofthedial]

4. you mean the corporate media is nothing but a propaganda arm

of the military-industrial death and theft machine?

Gasp!

[unpossibles]

5. damn liberal news

<sarcasm>

[progressoid]

6. Golly Beaver, what are we gonna tell Dad?

[Ichingcarpenter]

7. Kick n/t

[riderinthestorm]

8. Evening kick. nt

[Octafish]

9. GE Brings Bad Wars to Life.

The owners of NBC also make money off of Pentagon contracts. Just like the rest of the big stakeholder turds in ABCNNBCBSFauxNoiseNutwork.

http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?list=type&type=16

Great content analysis, MediaMatters. Thanks for the heads-up, Ichingcarpenter!