Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald
This has always been a problem (see 1964 reporting on Gulf of Tonkin and 2002 on Iraq) but it's become *so much worse* now that TV outlets are staffed with huge numbers of ex-CIA, FBI, NSA & Pentagon officials. Two cable channels have virtually merged with the US security state: — PolitiTweet.org
Dan Froomkin @froomkin
Our elite media will type up pretty much any story intelligence officials tell them, says @mtaibbi https://t.co/sFAbHLRqwj