Matt Taibbi | 16 Years Later, How the Press That Sold the Iraq War Got Away With It

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24 March 19 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News COMING TO TERMS WITH THE 99.5% WHO DO NOT CONTRIBUTE - Our challenge at this point is to address the 99.5% of those who visit RSN on a monthly basis but do not contribute. Those who are really strapped, we understand. But .05% of the Readers donating on a monthly basis, that's absurd. It's unfair to those who do contribute and it's holding the project back. If you are an active donor, please be patient as we work through this. Thanks to everyone. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Matt Taibbi | 16 Years Later, How the Press That Sold the Iraq War Got Away With It  Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone Taibbi writes: "In my forthcoming book Hate Inc. (which I've been publishing in serial form here), I've been looking at the major media deceptions of this century. WMD became the archetype of a modern propaganda campaign, a key component of which is the rewarding of the people who sell the lie." READ MORE Pelosi: Summary of Mueller Report 'Insufficient,' as DOJ Says No Findings Before Sunday Sam Brodey and Erin Banco, The Daily Beast Excerpt: "As Attorney General William Barr spent Saturday determining what to make public from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's final report on the Russia investigation, Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi pushed back on behalf of her party, declaring that receiving only a summary of the top findings would be 'insufficient.'" READ MORE Antonin Scalia. (photo: Supreme Court/Wikimedia Commons) The Supreme Court Is Seizing Power From the Presidency Because Donald Trump Is Stupid Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress Millhiser writes: "Justice Antonin Scalia's greatest gift to the conservative movement was teaching judges that humility is for suckers." READ MORE Scott Walker. (photo: Darren Hauck/Getty Images) Wisconsin Dem Governor Removes 82 Scott Walker Appointees Added During Lame-Duck Session Owen Daugherty, The Hill Daugherty writes: "Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) on Friday removed 82 appointments made by his predecessor, Gov. Scott Walker (R), during last year's lame-duck legislative session." READ MORE Rowers on Lake Washington near a line of 737 Max aircraft at the Boeing factory in Renton, Washington. (photo: Lindsey Wasson/Reuters) Boeing and FAA Near Completion of 737 Max 8 Flight Control System Overhaul Aaron Gregg and Rachel Weiner, The Washington Post Excerpt: "Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration are nearing completion of a long-awaited software and training overhaul for the 737 Max 8 commercial jetliner's flight control systems, both organizations confirmed Saturday." READ MORE A Salvadoran army soldier on patrol in 2012 in the village of El Mozote. Tens of thousands of people were killed during the civil war in the 1980s, many at the hands of the army, its paramilitaries and death squads, according to a commission backed by the U.N. (photo: Jose Cabezas/AFP/Getty Images) El Salvador Considers Amnesty for Those Accused of Crimes During Its Civil War as 20 Former Military Officers Are Set to Be Tried Raymond Bonner, ProPublica Bonner writes: "Legislators in El Salvador are considering granting amnesty to those accused of crimes committed during the country's brutal civil war in the 1980s." READ MORE A 10-year-old boy from Myanmar collects water at a camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Attacks on water and sanitation have become a feature of modern warfare. (photo: Patrick Brown/Unicef) Dirty Water 20 Times Deadlier to Children in Conflict Zones Than Bullets - Unicef Kate Hodal, Guardian UK Hodal writes: "Children under five who live in conflict zones are 20 times more likely to die from diarrhoeal diseases linked to unsafe water than from direct violence as a result of war, Unicef has found." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation