US TV networks 'kissed ass', says Wolff
Michael Wolff, media commentator and New York Magazine columnist, has accused American television networks of "kissing ass" in their coverage of the Iraq war in return for a relaxation of media ownership rules in the US.
Wolff put forward what he described as the "semi-conspiracy theory" that major media companies in the US meekly followed the flag-waving agenda of the Bush administration in order to persuade the FCC to change its regulations.
"Ass kissing has gone on to a profound degree. It's pervasive throughout all these news organisations," said Wolff.
He added the FCC's decision to relax media ownership rules came shortly after the end of the war.
"Any reporter in America who would see that quid pro quo in any other business says: 'No, that doesn't happen in the news business'," Wolff added. - from the UK Guardian.
June 25, 2003
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