Sheldon Richman on How the Media Betrayed Us on Iraq

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The 10th anniversary of the start of America's war against Iraq should not pass without recalling that the mainstream news media eagerly participated in the Bush administration's dishonest campaign for public support, writes Sheldon Richman. It is no exaggeration to say that most news operations were little more than extensions of the White House Office of Communications.