Media Matters calls out fellow traveler, no dissent allowed
https://www.mediamatters.org/war-afghanistan/cnn-anchor-jim-sciutto-parrots-john-boltons-talking-points-permanent-us-military
CNN anchor and chief national security correspondent Jim Sciutto demonstrated on Tuesday morning a top example of mainstream media’s reliance on former George W. Bush administration officials to comment on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Speaking to longtime warmonger John Bolton, Sciutto repeatedly backed up his guest’s talking points for a permanent U.S. military presence in Afghanistan — and even added a talking point of his own.
On Tuesday’s edition of CNN Newsroom with Poppy Harlow and Jim Sciutto, the co-anchor endorsed Bolton’s claim that a permanent occupation in Afghanistan would be similar to having U.S. troops stationed in Germany and Japan ever since the end of World War II and the start of the Cold War.