ARTICLE LIBRARY Review the press coverage by paper and network RESOURCES Sites for further reseach. October 15, Bill Moyers: Where to Find Me Now Can't wait for the series Four years ago on May 1, President Bush landed on the aircraft carrier USS Lincoln wearing a flight suit and delivered a speech in front of a giant "Mission Accomplished" banner.

He was hailed by media stars as a "breathtaking" example of presidential leadership in toppling Saddam Hussein. Despite profound questions over the failure to locate weapons of mass destruction and the increasing violence in Baghdad, many in the press confirmed the White House's claim that the war was won. MSNBC's Chris Matthews declared, "We're all neo-cons now;" NPR's Bob Edwards said, "The war in Iraq is essentially over;" and Fortune magazine's Jeff Birnbaum said, "It is amazing how thorough the victory in Iraq really was in the broadest context.

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How did the evidence disputing the existence of weapons of mass destruction and the link between Saddam Hussein to continue to go largely unreported? Buying s&p 500 put options mainstream journalists suspended skepticism and scrutiny remains an issue of significance that the media has not satisfactorily explored," says Moyers.

How and why did the press buy it, and what does it say about the role of journalists in helping the public sort out fact from propaganda? In "Buying the War" Bill Moyers and producer Kathleen Hughes document the reporting of Walcott, Landay and Buying s&p 500 put options, the Knight Ridder team that burrowed deep into the intelligence 3 ducks trading system by captain currency to try and determine whether there was any evidence for the Bush Administration's case for war.

Does everyone agree that this is true? Does anyone think this is not true? Journalist Bob Simon of 60 MINUTES, who was based in the Middle East, questioned the reporting he was seeing and reading.

For example, the absurdity of putting up a connection between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda," he tells Moyers. To introduce a wild card like Al Qaeda in any sense was just something he would not do.

So I just didn't believe it for an instant. While almost all the claims would eventually prove to be false, the drumbeat of misinformation about WMDs went virtually unchallenged by the media.

THE NEW YORK TIMES reported on Iraq's "worldwide hunt for materials to make an atomic bomb," but according to Landay, claims by the administration about the possibility of nuclear weapons were highly questionable. Yet, his story citing the "lack of hard evidence of Iraqi weapons" got little play.

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In fact, throughout the media landscape, stories challenging the official view were often pushed aside while the administration's claims were given prominence.

Or, if not making the opposite case, raised questions. Our posts and your comments.