The Pulitzer-Winning Investigation that Dare Not Be Uttered on TV
by Glenn Greenwald
21 Apr 09 | Salon
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 Barstow 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. >>>
Written by Editors
21 April 2009 at 12:10 pm
Posted in International, Middle East, US
Tagged with Bush Administration, David Barstow, Iraq War, media, Pentagon, Pulitzer, War on Terror
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