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# Why the Press Failed on Iraq
- URL: https://werd.io/why-the-press-failed-on-iraq/
- Published: 2023-03-20T14:32:54.000Z
- Updated: 2023-03-20T14:32:54.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:21

“As the Bush administration began making its case for invading Iraq, too many Washington journalists, caught up in the patriotic fervor after 9/11, let the government’s story go unchallenged.” [#Media](https://werd.io/tag/Media)

\[[Link](https://www.foreignaffairs.com/iraq/journalism-press-failed-iraq-walcott)\]