Mainstream Journalist and the Anthrax Investigation

Recommended: Glenn Greenwald's August 3, 2008, Salon post headlined "Journalists, their lying sources, and the anthrax investigation." It's a return to a discussion of what Greenwald calls "the role the establishment media played in obfuscating the anthrax investigation for so long and, at times, aiding in what was clearly the deliberate deceit on the part of Government sources.

"This is yet another case where the establishment media possesses -- yet steadfastly conceals -- some of the most critical facts about what the Government has done, and insists on protecting the wrongdoers," he contends. "Obtaining these answers from these media outlets is as important as obtaining them from the Government."

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Comments

[Danny L. McDaniel]

I would like to see a blogger go out and dig up a story instead of the usual transcription from a newspaper story to their blog. It is not as easy or inexpensive as many commentors realize. I believe blogs are an extreme form of democracy but not journalism. Until the days come when I find individual blogs listed on the NYSE, I wouldn't believe it is a complete journalism enterprise. It like the TV commerical from a few years back when the actor says, "I am not really a doctor, but a play one on television."

Danny L. McDaniel
Lafayette, Indiana