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Stephen Kinzer: “There's a sense in the press that America's like a team. And…”

Featuring: Stephen Kinzer, Critic of interventionist U.S. foreign policy | Senior Fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs | National

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Tulsi Gabbard and Stephen Kinzer Discuss U.S. Foreign Policy and the Cost of War

Published | Video Starts at 38:52

This is a question that never appears on any television debate. And I think it's a reflection of. Of how the media is so much a part of the Washington echo chamber. There's a sense in the press that America's like a team. And the role of the press is to transmit the official narrative. to the American people and make sure that counter narratives never come in to pollute what Americans are receiving. I hate this idea. I don't think the press should be on anybody's team. (38:52–39:03)

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Asserts that the U.S. press often acts as a transmitter of the official government narrative.

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