“US Missile Defense Plans to Zap North Korean Threats” was the headline of a USA Today story —or “US Racing to Quash N. Korean Nuke Threat,” in the print edition. Strikingly, the piece contains no sources at all substantiating the “N. Korean nuke threat”: “North Korea’s rapid march to develop a nuclear-armed ballistic missile capable of striking
Missile Defense Will Protect You From North Korea, Say USA Today’s Missile Defense-Funded Sources
On the “US missile defense plans,” USA Today does have sources—mostly sources with a direct financial connection to the US missile defense program.
