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"The American media benefits immensely from war. A huge number of people watch CNN and MSNBC when there are wars. They get to go to war zones and dress up as soldiers with camouflage and embed with the media. It is exciting... You can basically see [journalists] drilling in the press conference with Obama a few days ago, [trying] to badger them into sending ground troops into Syria. All of these emotions and instincts and really impulses are combining into this really toxic brew that we've seen many times in the U.S. since 9/11." - Glenn Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald on "Submissive" Media's Drumbeat for War and "Despicable" Anti-Muslim Scapegoating

In the aftermath of the Paris attacks, media coverage has seen familiar patterns: repeating government claims and defending expansive state power.

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