So Joe Scarborough does a segment suggesting the timid corporate media has lost ground to political comedians and guess who shows up to dispute that notion. Lawrence O'Donnell, a regular guest of progressive talkers who firmly believe the media let the country down in the build-up to the Iraqi invasion.
O'Donnell's evidence? Well, some media people were killed in Baghdad while imbedded with the military. Another media figure lost an arm while ejecting a grenade from a vehicle.
Scarborough didn't ask what A had to do with B, of course. But I'd love to know how the happenstance deaths of media people covering the war acquits the media at large of turning a blind eye to "Bush's war of aggression.
I don't want to believe O'Donnell is a rank opportunist, willing to provide whatever counterpoint view is needed on shows like Scarborrough's. But that's what it looks like.
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