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Washington Post Can't Stop Running Op-Eds by Lobbyists Pushing Their Clients' Weapons
Submitted by Westernerd on Thu, 2017-06-01 02:00
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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