---
title: "Media Pass on NY Times Pentagon Piece"
description: "A single pair of follow-up stories to The New York Times military analyst expose have appeared in the mainstream press, according to a PEJ analysis."
date: "2008-05-05"
authors:
  - name: "Russell Heimlich"
    job_title: "Former web developer"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/russell-heimlich/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2008/05/05/media-pass-on-ny-times-pentagon-piece/"
categories:
  - "News Content Analysis"
---

# Media Pass on NY Times Pentagon Piece

The April 20 New York Times story on television’s use of military analysts who were parroting Pentagon talking points on the Iraq war seemed like a story destined to make an impact; yet, an examination of a week’s worth of coverage by the Project for Excellence in Journalism’s News Coverage Index found the media equivalent of a collective yawn — only two follow-ups in the mainstream press.[Read More](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/node/10849)