Deliberate media propaganda

Earlier this week, The New York Timesreported that the Obama administration, in order to conceal civilian deaths caused by their drone attacks, "counts all military-age males in a strike zone as combatants." Although I wrote at length about the NYT's various revelations,I wrote separately about that specific disclosure, in order to emphasize the implications for media outlets reporting on American drone attacks. I wrote:

What kind of self-respecting media outlet would be party to this practice...