Pentagon / Media Collusion

Glenn Greenwald is rapidly becoming one of my favorite online writers. Although he writes for Salon, home of the most annoying site pass ads on the 'Net, his articles are always crisp, insightful, and full of facts. I always come away from one of Greenwald's articles having learned something.

His latest piece, part of a larger expose on the merger between the Pentagon and our news media, is a perfect example of Greenwald's extraordinary ability to distill complex issues down to the most pertinent facts.

That the Pentagon plants "experts" in our news media to pose as military analysts singing the siren song of the State probably surprises no one, as the article admits. What's shocking to me, however, is the forthrightness of these "analysts" in admitting they are carrying the water for the war-hungry State.