Media Ethics
EXCLUSIVE: Military analysts named in Times exposé appeared or were quoted more than 4,500 times on broadcast nets, cables, NPR
On the heels of an April 20 New York Times investigative report exposing the hidden relationship between media military analysts and the Pentagon and defense industries, Media Matters for America today exclusively released an accounting of the analysts identified in the Times exposé and their more than 4,500 appearances and quotations on ABC, ABC News Now, CBS, CBS Radio Network, NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, CNN, CNN Headline News, Fox News, and NPR. The release documents just how far and wide the Pentagon program reached. Read more
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Congress Responds
Media largely silent while Congress calls for accountability
Senate
- (05/01/08) Sen. Russ Feingold - Letter to GAO
- (04/28/08) Sen. John Kerry- Letter to GAO Blog Post
- (04/28/08) Sen. Frank Lautenberg and Sen. Hillary Clinton - Letter to Secretary of Defense
- (04/22/08) Sen. Carl Levin, Chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee - Letter to Secretary of Defense
House
- (05/06/08) Rep. John Dingell and Rep. Rosa DeLauro - Letter to FCC
- (05/05/08) Rep. Peter DeFazio - Dear Colleague letter
- (05/02/08) Rep. Rosa DeLauro - Letter to Department of Defense (signed by 40 members)
- (04/24/08) Rep. Ike Skelton, Chairman of House Armed Services Committee - Floor Statement, Blog Post
- (04/24/08) Rep. Rosa DeLauro - Letters to Networks
- (04/24/08) Rep. Paul Hodes - Letter to Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, Blog Post
- Tuesday, May 13, 2008
- Monday, May 12, 2008
- Sunday, May 11, 2008
- Friday, May 9, 2008
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