Jeremy Scahill Names General Barry McCaffrey As Worst 'Fear Profiteer' TV Analyst

[Fred Sanders]

http://crooksandliars.com/2015/01/jeremy-scahill-names-general-barry

"Since the Charlie Hebdo terror attacks, cable news networks have employed many "terror experts" to come on the air and impart their supposed wisdom on the subject. Too many times these "experts" aren't vetted enough and either lack the necessary experience or are shilling their airtime to benefit their own company or one that they are associated with to turn a healthy profit for all those involved. Almost a week ago Jeremy Scahill, called out this terrible practice:

The Intercept's Jeremy Scahill slammed CNN, MSNBC & Fox News for indulging in what he calls the "terrorism expert industrial complex." That's the hiring practice of putting on people who claim to be experts in all things related to terrorism, but in reality are "frauds," who are just around to line their pockets with gold.

On today's edition of Reliable Sources, Scahill explained in greater detail why these ex-military generals and other "terror analysts" are a big problem.

Stelter: You've been highly critical of television news coverage of the war on terror for many years. I wonder if you think the coverage currently on the terror attacks in Europe and this investigation now underway is sowing too much fear in the audience, in the people watching at home?

Scahill: CNN has some great reporters on the ground. Where I think it gets into this kind of fear-generating territory is when you have these so-called ‘terror analysts’ on the air, many of whom also work for risk consultancy firms that benefit from the idea of making us afraid.

I don’t think CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News do anywhere near a good enough job at revealing the potential conflicts of interests of some of the on-air analysts who also work in the private sector and make money off the idea that we should be afraid."

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Be afraid, be very afraid, the media and its media clowns need the money.

[pinto]

1. Saw that this AM. Thanks for the snip.

Scahill brought some good points to the table.