Downing Street memo: Mainstream media cover-up

In the five weeks following its disclosure, both newspapers and the broadcast media in the United States largely ignored the Downing Street memo, a secret British intelligence document indicating that British intelligence officials believed the Bush administration manipulated intelligence to support its case for war in Iraq. Of the papers covering the memo after the Sunday Times (London) broke the story and after Knight Ridder issued a May 6 article, Media Matters identified only three that provided new information concerning the memo's content, authenticity, or events surrounding its creation, and, of these, only a story in the Los Angeles Times reflected any effort to consult with British sources. Read more »
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