Which Media Ignored Iraq Veteran's Testimonies?

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Mon, 04/07/2008 - 5:00pm

 Three weeks ago, a major event called 'Winter Soldier' was held outside Washington DC to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war.  In three days of gripping testimony, hundreds of veterans of the Iraq war described war crimes that they committed or witnessed in Iraq and Afghanistan.KBOO Radio was one of a handful of media outlets nationwide that broadcast the hearings live and un-edited.Most media outlets chose to ignore the event entirely. KBOO's Jenka Soderberg spoke with Isabel MacDonald, of the media watchgroup FAIR, about the refusal of the new York Times newspaper to give the veterans' testimony any mention at all: 

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