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The military industrial media complex is an offshoot of the military industrial complex. Organizations like Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting have accused the military industrial media complex of using their media resources to promote militarism, which, according to Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting's hypothesis, benefits the defense resources of the company.
General Electric (which owns, but is in the process of divesting, 49% of NBC) is a subcontractor for the Tomahawk cruise missile and Patriot II missile both of which were used extensively during the Persian Gulf War.[1] General Electric also manufactures components for the B-2 stealth bomber and B-52 bomber and the E-3 AWACS aircraft which were also used extensively during the conflict. During the first Gulf War, General Electric received $2 billion dollars in defense contracts related to weapons which would be used in Gulf War and the 2003 invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq by Coalition Forces.
See also
References
- ^ Solomon, Norman (July/August 2005). "The Military-Industrial-Media Complex". Extra!. Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2627. Retrieved 2008-12-19.
Further reading
- Dadge, David; Danny Schechter (2006). The War in Iraq and why the Media Failed Us. Praeger Publishers. ISBN 0275987663.
- Der Derian, James (2001). Virtuous War: Mapping the Military-industrial-media-entertainment Network. Basic Books. ISBN 0813397944.
- Lee, Martin A.; Norman Solomon (1990). Unreliable Sources: A Guide to Detecting Bias in News Media. Lyle Stuart. ISBN 081840521X.
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