Hollywood hoopla ignores media’s history of servility

BY JAMES BOVARD, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR —

Hollywood hoopla ignores media's history of servility
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Much of the media nowadays is portraying itself as heroes of the #Resist Trump movement. To exploit that meme, Hollywood producer Steven Spielberg rushed out “The Post,” a movie depicting an epic press battle with the Nixon administration. But regardless of whether Spielberg’s latest wins the Academy Award for best picture on Sunday night, Americans should never forget the media’s long history of pandering to presidents and the Pentagon.

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