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The "Gentlemen's Agreement" - When Television News Won't Identify Defense Lobbyists
The "Gentlemen's Agreement" - When Television News Won't Identify Defense Lobbyists
April 25, 2022
Matt Orfalea
As War Rages, Viewers Watch Commercials For Weapons Dealers, Often Without Knowing It
When is a TV news interview not just an interview?
Leon Panetta was the nation's top security official under Barack Obama, famous for his hangdog eyes and soft-spoken, equivocating defenses of torture and assassination of Americans while serving as both Secretary of Defense and CIA director. That was years ago.
Today, he's a senior counselor at Beacon Global Strategies, which represents a host of security companies, including famed munitions maker Raytheon. In Matt Orfalea's booming video above, we see Panetta on a recent CNN broadcast stumping for Raytheon products like Javelin and Stinger missiles, with host Bianna Golodryga saying only that he "was America's defense secretary and CIA director."
Orfalea goes on to capture how Panetta and other military "experts" chant WEAPONS WEAPONS WEAPONS over and over like they're trying to open magic treasure chests, their commercial ties never revealed.
As war rages, there will be officials on TV with sincere opinions about how the U.S. can help Ukraine. Very often, however, what you're watching is a paid lobbyist plugging for a weapons maker.
Full story: https://taibbi.substack.com/p/the-gentlemens-agreement-when-tv?s=r
Original: https://youtu.be/N3pnFR7DeZA
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