Jon Stewart on How the Mass Media Helped Get Us Into the Iraq War
In response to the media's take on the recent suspension of NBC's Brian Williams,"The Daily Show" host says there probably wouldn't have even been an Iraq War "if the media had applied this level of scrutiny to the actual fucking war."In response to the media’s take on the recent suspension of NBC’s Brian Williams and the events that led up to it, “The Daily Show” host says there probably wouldn’t have even been an Iraq War “if the media had applied this level of scrutiny to the actual fucking war” and not just regurgitated the Bush administration’s lies.
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The pointed, 30-second clip claims that they don't allow the president to do his job.
Television and print journalists, along with many congressional Democrats, join neoconservatives in offering immediate praise for the bombing.
The discredited former anchor is about to return to NBC broadcasting after a suspension by the network.
Though top brass at the network made it seem for a while like he might be able to hold onto his chair, former NBC News anchor Brian Williams ultimately wasn't.
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