"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
Washington Post Can't Stop Running Op-Eds by Lobbyists Pushing Their Clients' Weapons
Submitted by Westernerd on Thu, 2017-06-01 03:00
The practice of allowing defense industry lobbyists to write opinion pieces that act as little more marketing pushes for their clients is an even more vulgar extension of the media’s habit of allowing defense industry-funded think tanks to push for increased military spending and saber-rattling, all without even the pretense of academic research or analysis.
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