Bill Moyers Journal -- Buying the War

Journalists are supposed to be objective reporters. In the case of the runup to the war in Iraq, most in the U.S. failed miserably in questioning the Bush administration's propaganda which, while exquisitely ingenious, effective, and even matching the infamous Soviet propaganda machine, is not a government tactic that is supposed to be believed so easily in America. But it was, because it served both parties' interests: the administration's geopolitical goals and media companies' profits. With the war drum beats growing loud, only a few stood up to buck the status quo.

Buying the War is a great piece, and along with Why We Fight, Iraq: The Hidden Story, and these Frontline stories, are the best documentaries on Iraq.

By the way, hats off to Bill Moyers and the good (and courageous) guys mentioned in the story:

Jonathan Landay, Warren Strobel, and John Walcott of Knight Ridder
Phil Donahue
Charles Hanley of the Associated Press

And a big F-U to these guys (at the very least, concede your mistakes):

Judith Miller, Thomas Friedman, William Safire, and the New York Times
Charles Krauthammer and the Washington Post
William Kristol and the Weekly Standard
Bill O'Reilly, Roger Ailes, and Fox
Hillary Clinton
Bush, etc.