Military–industrial–media complex
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The military–industrial–media complex is an offshoot of the military–industrial complex. Its name suggests that their are conflicts of interest between the military, industrial and media spheres.
Organizations like Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting have accused the military industrial media complex of using their media resources to promote militarism, which, according to Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting's hypothesis, benefits the defense resources of the company.
General Electric (which owns, but is in the process of divesting, 49% of NBC) is a subcontractor for the Tomahawk cruise missile and Patriot II missile both of which were used extensively during the Persian Gulf War. General Electric also manufactures components for the B-2 stealth bomber and B-52 bomber and the E-3 AWACS aircraft which were also used extensively during the conflict. During the first Gulf War, General Electric received $2 billion in defense contracts related to weapons which would be used in Gulf War and the 2003 invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq by Coalition Forces.
See also
- American army
- Iron triangle
- Military-industrial complex
- Pentagon military analyst program
- NBC
- Military–industrial complex
- Media coverage of the Iraq War
- DynCorp
- Agenda-setting theory
- Fox News
- CNN
- Propaganda in the United States
- Industrial complex