Ted Galen Carpenter on Unreliable Watchdog

Are we repeating the same mistakes with Ukraine as the media cheerleads the escalation of another unwinnable war?

Back in early 2021, Cato Institute senior fellow Ted Galen Carpenter urged Washington "to abandon its efforts to torpedo Nord Stream 2." His warnings have been proven prescient by Seymour Hersh's recent revelations, which seem to confirm the US government's involvement in the destruction of the pipeline. Many journalists admit behind closed doors that they believe in the US's involvement, yet the media remains silent out of fear of provoking a response from Russia.

In his new book Unreliable Watchdog, Ted Galen Carpenter argues that the news media has become a tool for propaganda rather than a watchdog for the American people, leading to a distorted view of U.S. foreign policy and a “garrison state” mentality.

https://www.cato.org/books/unreliable-watchdog

He examines the media's willingness to accept official accounts and policy justifications without skepticism, particularly in regards to the Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, the Balkans, Iraq War, Libya and Syria civil wars, and post–Cold War relations with Russia and China.

He questions why journalists and social media platforms collaborate with government officials in pushing an activist foreign policy, even when results are questionable or disastrous.

Are we repeating the same mistakes with Ukraine as the media cheerleads the escalation of another unwinnable war?

Ted joins the show of ideas, Sunday, February 26.

Links:

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• Cato Institute (@CatoInstitute) / Twitter

• Unreliable Watchdog | Cato Institute

• Volodymyr Zelensky Is Washington's New Jonas Savimbi - Antiwar.com Original

• Washington's Convenient Relationships with Dictators - Foundation for Economic Education

• Why is Ukraine the West's Fault? Featuring John Mearsheimer - YouTube

• Ted Galen Carpenter discusses groupthink, foreign policy, media, and Ukraine on ABC's Between the Lines | Cato Institute

• Why Can't America Accept an Imperfect World? | Cato Institute

ICYMI – Government by the Unions, of the Unions, for the Unions

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Philip K. Howard's Not Accountable tackles public sector unions head-on, arguing that they're not only dangerous, but unconstitutional.

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If we can get more people to see Chauvin as the face of public sector unions, it may be the beginning of the end for this unconstitutional special interest. Learn why FDR said, “It is impossible to bargain collectively with the government” on this episode of the show of ideas.

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