We featured war hawks much more frequently and prominently than we did protesters for peace. While we may now say the Bush administration misled Americans to justify its decision to invade a country that had not attacked us, that misinformation was effective because of the way we portrayed it. The New York Times had to painfully admit it was, in effect, a purveyor of misinformation about the war. The Washington Post apologized for underplaying the voices of those who were skeptical about the weapons of mass destruction claims. The New Republic, a left-leaning outlet, expressed regret for its pre-war support. Even Carlson, then at celebrity.land, said this: “I am embarrassed that I supported the war in Iraq.”
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