Friday, January 09, 2009

How the CIA Handles the WPost

By Melvin A. Goodman
January 9, 2009

On Jan. 7, the Washington Post published a front-page lead article and an op-ed on the nomination of Leon Panetta as CIA director; both articles exaggerated the extent of opposition to the Panetta appointment and they demonstrated the weakness of mainstream media coverage of the intelligence community, particularly the Central Intelligence Agency.

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Anonymous said...

Thanks for your insight into the WP article. Your commentary on the nominaton of Panetta and the negatively slanted WP article has helped me have a better understanding of the extent to which the media and the so often unnamed CIA source(s) can influence public perception of events. There is definitely a reason many in the CIA do not want Panetta to have the top job, and I believe it is because he will refuse to endorse the illegal activities that some members of the agency have been party to under the present administration.

Fri Jan 09, 10:16:00 PM 2009

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