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'Dirty Wars' Exposes America's Expanding Covert Warfare Strategy (And Our Lazy Media Culture)

'Dirty Wars' Exposes America's Expanding Covert Warfare Strategy (And Our Lazy Media Culture)

If, like me, you file blog posts from a climate-controlled office in a well-governed, comfort-obsessed city, then the kind of war-zone reporting that Nation correspondent Jeremy Scahill does is hard to fathom and more than a little terrifying. So it was fascinating to hear Scahill tell the audience at a private screening room what unsettles him: the rapid-fire prattling that takes place on the 24-hour cable networks. more »