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For the 'political-infotainment-media complex,' the Mueller investigation was a gold mine

  • Written by Matthew Jordan, Associate Professor of Media Studies, Pennsylvania State University
For the 'political-infotainment-media complex,' the Mueller investigation was a gold mineIn the first year of 'Russiagate' coverage, the combined profits from Fox News, MSNBC and CNN increased by 13 percent.Nick Lehr/The Conversation

Almost 60 years ago, President Dwight Eisenhower warned of a new force that fed off and profited from Cold War paranoia: the military-industrial complex.

Over the past couple of years, with Russia...

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