Once Again, War is Prime Time and Journalism’s Role is Taboo
Antiwar / John Pilger
02-Dec-2011

Disinformation and the barbarity of colonial warfare have historically had much in common.
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In the week the Guardian published its "exclusive" about the Ministry of Defense planning for an attack on Iran, General Sir David Richards, Britain’s military chief, went on a secret visit to Israel, which is a genuine nuclear weapons outlaw and exempt from media opprobrium. Richards is a highly political general who, like Petraeus, has worked the media to considerable advantage. No journalist in Britain revealed that he went to Israel to discuss an attack on Iran.

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