The ‘Talking point’ TV Heads

A NYT report, Behind TV Analysts, puts a new meaning behind the term “talking heads.” It is a standard practice now for top television networks to hire former military officers to provide “expert” analysis about the U.S. war effort. The problem is, the networks have rarely, if ever, disclosed the fact that those same officers carefully coordinated their new analysis with the Pentagon. As FOIA records now show, they routinely met with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and used Pentagon talking point memos as guidelines to spin the media.

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