Guardian - Jackie Ashley - Beware cosy deals between politicians and their pundits
Nobody interested in how people in power manipulate public opinion can afford to miss the exposé of the Bush administration's use of "experts" to sell the Iraq war and defend itself over Guantánamo. This is an old-fashioned investigative scoop by a New York Times reporter, David Barstow, that is convulsing the US media with accusation and counter-accusation - a huge story there that has made surprisingly few ripples here. It should.
What is less known is the extent to which news is direct advertising, from corporations or the government - with newsroom budgets on the decline for many years now, especially local offices, it fits their business model to have other people do their work for them.
you are the media you consume.
