Re: Is the media to blame for the war in Iraq?

Description: American media has a lot to answer for.

Transcript: I think the power of the media is terrifying. The media have enormous power, and they therefore again have enormous responsibility. They have enormous responsibility to wield that power responsibly. And the media in America, I think, has a lot to answer for.

I won’t go as far as saying it was deliberate. They certainly made the most of a spectacle. I mean, you know, the gung ho attitude say of Fox Television sort of going into Iraq. No thoughts at all for the civilians and the children. I thought, you know, the whole reporting was unbelievably irresponsible.

Recorded on: 7/5/2007 at The Aspen Ideas Festival