Ten Years After Iraq, Media Advocates For War Are Still With Us

Abdicating their roles as government watchdogs, most mainstream news organizations failed to challenge government claims, with some zealous ideologues taking up the mantle of state propagandists.

by Murtaza Hussain

On March 16, 2003, just days before bombs began to fall on Baghdad, Vice President Dick Cheney was on Meet The Press, offering his assessment of Saddam Hussein’s activities in Iraq and making his case for war. “We know he’s been absolutely devoted to trying to acquire nuclear weapons, and we believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nucle…