NYT : Unlike Russian Wars, US Wars ‘Promote Freedom and Democracy’ | FAIR
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As FAIR (9/30/16) has noted, the most important function of major editorial boards is to be gatekeepers of national security orthodoxy. And there is no more axiomatic orthodoxy than American exceptionalism. One can handwring over “mistakes,” even occasionally do harsh reporting on American war crimes—so long as one arrives back at the position of American moral superiority. “Yes, America has made mistakes,” the good #liberal insists, “but at least we don’t do this other bad thing that is, unaccountably, uniquely disqualifying.”