Media Complicity and the New York Times' Collusion With Dulles

• 23:48The U.S. economy became so militarized that Eisenhower enabled or looked the other way at forces that now dominate the country.
• 24:01Eisenhower warned about the military-industrial complex before leaving office, but now the entire economy—entertainment, culture, sports—is intertwined with military interests.
• 24:20Torture, extraordinary rendition, mass surveillance, and CIA black sites didn't spring up after 9/11; they were created by Allen Dulles during the Cold War and revived later.
• 24:56Harry Truman and Eisenhower both warned about the deep state and military-industrial complex, yet the media refuses to cover it seriously.
• 25:33The media now depends on government for its existence, continuing a collaboration between national security and press that dates back to the Dulles era.
• 25:50Dulles wined and dined journalists and editors from the New York Times, Washington Post, Newsweek, and CBS to maintain favorable coverage.
• 26:13When Dulles disliked how the New York Times covered the U.S. overthrow of Guatemala's democratic government, he called the publisher and had the reporter pulled.
• 26:34The New York Times jumped on bogus WMD claims before the Iraq War, showing the pattern continues to the present day.
• 27:05Top media figures attended elite schools, are well-compensated, and have a stake in the existing system, so they avoid rocking the boat.
• 27:28These well-paid editors and executives don't want to challenge the system they're deeply invested in.

Allen DullesNew York Timesmilitary-industrial complexDwight D. EisenhowermediaRuss BakerHarry Truman