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But for the media to name their coverage of the 2003 invasion of Iraq the same as what the Pentagon calls it—everyday seeing 'Operation Iraqi Freedom'—you have to ask:
If this were state controlled media, how would it be any different?

— Amy Goodman

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Source: in Independent Media in a Time of War.
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