If You Were An Iraq War Critic, You're Probably Not Being Asked To Go On TV

[G_j]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/27/iraq-war-critics-tv-bookers_n_5534549.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000013&ir=Politics

Sam Stein, Michael Calderone06/27/14 12:01 AM ET

WASHINGTON -- Kent Conrad’s phone hasn’t been ringing very much over the past few weeks, as Iraq, and the debate over America's future in the country, has once again dominated the news.

The architects of the Iraq war are back in TV studios and on op-ed pages, as are journalists and pundits who promoted the Bush administration’s ultimately bogus case for invading. But Conrad, a former senator who was one of only 23 to vote against authorizing the war in October 2002, hasn’t heard from CNN, MSNBC or any other TV outlet. "Not once," he said, when asked if anyone in the press had reached out regarding the current crisis in Iraq.

In an email to The Huffington Post, Conrad, a North Dakota Democrat, offered two possible explanations. The first, he said, is “simply the incompetence of the media.” The second is "the shrillness of those trying desperately to rewrite history to cover their own devastating failures."

Despite catastrophic misjudgments -- that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, that U.S. forces would be greeted as liberators, that the war would pay for itself with oil revenues -- the Iraq war boosters keep getting booked, while those politicians and journalists who were skeptical of the Bush administration's “slam dunk” case for war remain largely on the sidelines.

McClatchy’s Jonathan Landay, who was part of the Knight Ridder team that produced what is widely regarded as the best pre-war reporting, has only been invited to discuss Iraq's unraveling on CNN’s “Reliable Sources,” a media criticism program. Landay, who just returned from a 10-day reporting trip in neighboring Syria, hasn’t heard from any cable news or Sunday public affairs shows.

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[Enrique]

1. also not likely to be asked to join a Dem president's administration

this one's or the next one's likely either.

[Cha]

3. And, why would that be?

[Cha]

2. Because the US corporatemediawhoredom was a Drumbeat for War on Iraq.. they silenced

critics then and nothing has changed. Poor David Bloom of NBC was a huge fan of the invasion and it killed him in his embedded status.

David Bloom, 39, of New York

NBC anchor and father of three, died outside of Baghdad while covering the war in Iraq

http://www.today.com/id/3079105/ns/today-today_hidden/t/david-bloom-new-york/

[Cha]

4. The link goes to "Virginia Repubs legislators broke into Gov's office... "

http://m.dailykos.com/story/2014/06/25/1309586/-Virginia-s-Republican-legislators-broke-into-Governor-s-office-to-block-ACA-coverage-for-poor?detail=email

[G_j]

5. LOL thanks

fixed, yea, I was reading that outrageous story this morning also..

[Cha]

6. thank you, Gj

[HooptieWagon]

7. No Bob Graham. :(

[chowder66]

8. Not exactly

Chris Hayes on All In had two reps on June 16th then again on June 17th; Rep. Barbara Lee and Rep Gregory Meeks, both voted against the Iraq War. And they voiced their opinions on the other programs inviting the War pushers on as experts.

I get so sick of this type of selective reporting. I get the issue and it's important but damn it they need to do their research before throwing MSNBC or any other outlets that may have had critics on... under the bus.


http://www.mediaite.com/tv/dem-rep-who-voted-against-iraq-media-should-listen-to-me-instead-of-mccain/

> This is video of Rep. Barbara Lee on All In.

Sorry, I saw this on Huffpost and got pissed when I read it. I don't have a Facebook account to post the correction there.

[TheKentuckian]

10. What percentage of overall coverage do you think this makes up? Drop in an endless sea?

[Fred Sanders]

9. The MSM is again a shameful lackey of the corporations that own them.

They wish not be be reminded of how THEY were equally guilty.