The US "free" press and the Pentagon war machine

Citing this article from the 10 November Washington Post as evidence, Bill Vann claims that the "buildup to war in Iraq has once again exposed the media as a propaganda arm of the Bush administration and the Pentagon. The television networks, daily newspapers and other means of mass communication have all obediently lent themselves to what White House aides themselves have described as a campaign to 'sell' the war to the American people."