Brian Williams (NBC) - Our job is to scare people to death over North Korea

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The "corporate" media, however you describe or define it, has a number of biases, most of which are stronger than any implicit political biases harbored by the individual members of said media.

When it comes to military intervention, a handful are most strongly at play and it results in the same kind of cheerleading that we saw in the run up to Iraq: 1) members of the media are biased in favor of stories that affect them most directly; generally their lives are detached from members of the armed forces (family doesn't serve, closer friends don't serve, etc.), so there's less of an immediate connection. 2) the owners of said media outlets are biased in favor of ratings; like it or not, war brings good ratings. 3) the media as a whole loves to sell a good bi-partisan / country coming together narrative.

All of these lead to a less than thorough examination of both the facts and the probable outcomes of any action.