in a moment, we will be joined by the longtime media critic norman solomon. , let's turn to an excerpt of the documentary "war made easy: how presidents and pundits keep spinning us to death" produced by the media education foundation. it is based on solomon's book of the same name. >> we cannot wait for the final proof, the smoking gun that could come and at the form of a mushroom cloud. >> as americans, would like to think we are not subjected to propaganda of our own government. certainly that we are not subjected to propaganda into war. pres. bush: saddam hussein received significant quantities of uranium from africa. >> there's no doubt saddam hussein a has weapons of mass destruction. >> weapons of mass destruction. >> nerve agents. >> reckon al qaeda. >> cyberattack. >> biological weapons. >> chemical and biological weapons. >> president bush has had iraq has weapons of mass destruction. donald rumsfeld, the united nations, experts have said they do. iraq says they don't. you could choose whoo believe. >> it blends into the terrain. >> the white house h

many said norman solomon and others, media ended up being lap dogs, not watch dogs. there was a failure of skepticism. there was an acceptance of what was a lie. and just one example in the 2 weeks leading up to the war on tv, you had one of say, 200 pundits commentators, military experts, one raised questions or any skepticism about going to war. that is a failure and it wasn't just fox, but it was the liberal kind of intelligentsia, the david rem next. jeff goldbergs of the atlantic, jonathan shade as recline. these were ones who, including the think tanks and washington lubricated the way for the lives of the white house. norman, can you pick up on that idea that katrina is laying out here? i mean there's the bush strategy there. the sarah gets there to people who echo talking points and then there is this press failure that katrina just reference the right. there were some exceptions. there were people who pushed back. there are people who are skeptical, but in general there seems to be a commitment to blindly repeating the bush administration's talking points wi

ah, joining us today is katrina vanden heuvel publisher, an editorial director of the nation norman solomon founder and executive director of the institute for public accuracy and author of war made easy. how presidents and pundents keep spinning us to death. and peter, o born former chief political commentator for the daily telegraph, an author of the rise of political lying, want to thank you all for joining me on up front. katrina. i want to start with you in the lead up to the iraq war. we saw officials and sarah gets up with the administration of been u. s. president george w bush making the rounds in the press. and during those press rounds, it seemed like they were making a real effort to link the security of the united states post 911 to an imminent threat from iraq. can you walk us through the administration strategy to say all this iraq war to the general public? all the administration was determined to sell this war. knowing, as we know now that they didn't believe there was a tie between the attacks of $911.00 and iraq. but that there was a shock therapy plan to undermine and re

know, norman should go to jail for having an abortion. ha, ah, for contact our, what i understand the less enough is i was contacted by amnesty international about taking this case will bundle solomon and al, exclusively handle cases like this. since you left, but i believe it is essential for justice. going to sierra whale charge against a adora was aggravated homicide. yahoo! see major contradictions here to lactic fellow, either one up at. so another thing of the killing of a new born st. 30 to 40 weeks gestation shemelle m a n who was born alive, but died of parent natal. yes, fix you. there you go and i'll fix up it enough that he signs of a 6 year by drowning were found. see a lot of it. you born died of paranoia to las fix you not that she could not have died by drowning matthews. things are mutually exclusive. john parent aid to las, fix it as a natural cause of death and not what it cannot be one on the other. at the same time goes on him again. i don't think the judges even read the autopsy yet. i love talk you well, the lea a and that go when i read tale dora's file, which is very extensive, and then i must admit, i thought this woman is guilty by the file intentionally,