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This 5 page paper discusses the way in which the U.S. media has transformed from reputable reporting to laziness and acceptance of all government propaganda. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. The Medias Role in the Rush to the Iraq Invasion
Research Compiled by K. Von Huben 5/2010 Please Introduction In the frenzied rush to justify an
invasion of Iraq, the media "rubber stamped" President Bushs agenda, rather than acting as an independent watchdog and fact-checker. The Administration claimed that there was a connection between Saddam Hussein
and Al Qaeda; it also claimed that he had weapons of mass destruction and that he would use them against the United States almost immediately. We now know that none
of these claims was true. This paper argues that the media is dysfunctional and lazy, and that it was an accomplice in pushing America into a disastrous war. It also
considers what needs to change if the media is to resume its rightful place reporting facts, not supporting opinion or leading the charge toward disaster. Discussion Perhaps the reason that
the media is so ineffective is that its no longer media; its business-or more specifically, entertainment. News divisions have been cut back or dropped entirely because they are very rarely
profitable, and its become all about the bottom line rather than about solid reporting (Miller). ABC News, for instance, once had 17 overseas offices; it now has seven (Miller). Even
worse, in 2001 "CBS had one journalist covering all of Asia, and seven others for the rest of the world" while in contrast the BBC has over 50 foreign bureaus
(Miller). Several academic studies have found that "principal US networks do not pay attention to other countries other than as dysfunctional or as threatening to the United States (Miller). This
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