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That was not "the media is lying". Miller used Bush administration sources and confirmed with an Iraqi source that turned out to be the source of the Bush info
by thinkcontext 7y ago
That was not "the media is lying". Miller used Bush administration sources and confirmed with an Iraqi source that turned out to be the source of the Bush info. Its disputed whether she was misled by one or both of these sources or perhaps one of the sources misled the other. That the administration would rely on this reporting, rather than their own CIA which was calling it into question, is a reflection on their deception not the media's.
It was bad reporting that was compounded by the editors not pushing back, as the article you cite goes on to say.
- catalogia 7y agoAmerican media mostly got the story wrong, because they trusted the American government to be honest. But a lot of foreign media didn't get the story wrong, because they didn't blindly trust the American government. I don't see being lied to as much of an excuse. It's their job to be skeptical, and they chose not to be.