"Presstitute: a journalist or media source whose news coverage is considered to be inappropriately influenced by business interests, political motives, etc." The host of this presstitute event is Washington Post columnist David Ignatius, who once described the invasion of Iraq as "the most idealistic war in modern times" - fought solely to bring democracy to Iraq and the region. Moreover, as Noam Chomsky noted: Ignatius is a corporate tool and a mouthpiece for the CIA and the Pentagon. There are many others like him. They're on TV all the time:
Melvin Goodman, "David Ignatius, the CIA’s Apologist-in-Chief," Counterpunch Google "David Ignatius Russia" That's because he's is an "access journalist". As Walter Karp explained in 1989: So they can't really be journalists then: