Thursday, August 16, 2007

Pentagon-approved News Analysis

CNN news boss Eason Jordan's comment on CNN's "Reliable Sources" about getting the Pentagon to approve the network's military analysts was "equally troubling" as his silence-for-access admission. "Based on Jordan's own words... the news chief had asked the Pentagon to sign off on personnel assigned to a key element of CNN's war coverage, the equivalent of consulting with the White House in advance about political or policy experts it planned to use on the air," writes Rosenberg. "And he regarded the Pentagon's endorsement as 'important.' Not the best way to inspire confidence in the media's independence."

  Poynter Online

Oh, I think we're way beyond that.


....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.


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