A reporter aplologizes for swallowing the US government line in its rush to war in Iraq.

“.. there were some who acted as little more than cogs in the White House propaganda machine.”

“Most disturbing of all, some of these journalists still don’t get it. When Massing asked the Times’ Miller–an investigative reporter covering intelligence–why she didn’t include more comments in her stories by experts who contested White House assertions, she replied: “My job isn’t to assess the government’s information and be an independent intelligence analyst myself. My job is to tell readers of The New York Times what the government thought about Iraq’s arsenal.”"

“By neglecting to fully employ their critical-thinking faculties, Miller and many of her colleagues in the elite print media not only failed their readers during the countdown to the Iraq invasion, they failed our democracy.” By RICK MERCIER – The Free Lance-Star

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