Both Benghazi And The Petraeus Scandal Suggest US Media Is Way Too Cozy With The State

If there is just one lesson to take away from the Benghazi and Petraeus affairs it's that the American media is way too cozy with heads of state. Immediately following the Benghazi crisis, U.S. media did its due diligence and flexed its sources, anonymous and otherwise, to uncover the truth about the attack — but then they purposely failed report the details because of requests from the CIA and the Obama administration. Michael Calderon of The Huffington Post reports that the AP, The New ...