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The American press has been in the business of keeping readers ignorant since the Cold War—its most essential responsibility turned upside-down—and in our time it gets worse, not better.
What occurred between Washington and Moscow last week, and at a hotel in Anchorage, bears a significance that we must not miss.
When it comes to national security reporting corporate journalists have time and again shown they are practicing something other than journalism, writes Joe Lauria.