8 year ago this weekend the Media got sucked in my "Shock & Awe" and "WMD". The result was that no one asked any really tuff questions relating the build up for the war in Iraq. Now we are confronted with Libya. Here is some very interesting back-and-forth by some CNN analysts on how the Media is, once again, not asking the tuff questions. However, the fact that they are even having this discussion shows some critical self-evaluation and potential promise that we might (emphasis on "might") get some qualitative investigative journalism so we don't have another "WMD" episode.
I'm glad that people in the media ever reflected on their lack on questioning when the US went to war with Iraq. I haven't been watching coverage of Libya, but I wonder if reflection lead to any sort of change in the media's coverage of the latest action taken by the U.S in Libya.
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