buying+the+war+discussion+questions

1. What were the historic conditions and events that prompted the invasion of Iraq and the subsequent Iraq War? 2. What is, and should be, the role of journalism and the press in a democratic society? 3. What, according to the documentary [|Buying the War], were the major failings of the press in the lead-up to the Iraq War? 4. What were the reasons for those failings?