TV Networks Remain Mum on NYT Pentagon-Media Propaganda Story -- Critics Keep Firing

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Editor & Publisher, April 30, 2008
By Joe Strupp

The massive New York Times probe 10 days ago about retired military officers, prepped by the Pentagon, who served as influential television commentators since the runup to the Iraq war -- and also have conflicting ties to defense contractors -- has sparked a serious backlash among many journalists, such as Howard Kurtz, and others since it ran a week and a half ago.

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