Pentagon/military industrial complex in charge of corporate media.● HuffPo: Pentagon "Media Analysts" Appeared On Major Networks Or Were Quoted More Than 4,500
● HuffPo: Pentagon Suspends Military Media Analysts Program
Summary: A New York Times article detailed the connection between numerous media military analysts and the Pentagon and defense industries, reporting that "the Bush administration has used its control over access and information in an effort to transform" media military analysts "into a kind of media Trojan horse -- an instrument intended to shape terrorism coverage from inside the major TV and radio networks." A Media Matters review found that since January 1, 2002, the analysts named in the Times article -- many identified as having ties to the defense industry -- collectively appeared or were quoted as experts more than 4,500 times on ABC, ABC News Now, CBS, CBS Radio Network, NBC, CNN, CNN Headline News, Fox News, MSNBC, CNBC, and NPR.
● MMA: Military analysts named in Times exposé appeared or were quoted more than 4,500 times on broadcast nets, cables, NPR
● MMA EXCEL spreadsheet documenting 4,500 appearances.
Media largely silent while Congress calls for accountability
● Sen. Russ Feingold
● Sen. John Kerry
● Sen. Frank Lautenberg
● Sen. Hillary Clinton
● Sen. Carl Levin, Chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee
● Rep. John Dingell and Rep. Rosa DeLauro
● Rep. Peter DeFazio
● Rep. Rosa DeLauro
● Rep. Ike Skelton, Chairman of House Armed Services Committee
● Rep. Paul Hodes
● Rep. Jim Moran
● MMA:Four-Star Elephant in the (News)room
● MMA: Flashback: Media Matters had documented conservative misinformation from military analysts with hidden ties to Pentagon
● Think Progress: How The Pentagon Propaganda Machine Worked: ‘are you telling me to tell a lie???? surely not! ;)’
● NYTimes: Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon’s Hidden Hand
● The CarpetBagger: Pentagon Pundit propaganda produces political peril
