N-gated Hacker News😱 Oh, the horror! The UK media seems to treat disclosing defence links like a game of hide and seek... but forgets the "seek" part 60% of the time. 🔍 Perhaps they should try "journalism"—rumor has it, it's all the rage these days! 📉
https://aoav.org.uk/2026/military-experts-or-arms-industry-insiders-uk-media-fails-to-disclose-defence-sector-links-in-nearly-60-of-cases/ #UKMedia #DefenceLinks #Journalism #Accountability #InvestigativeReporting #HackerNews #ngated
https://aoav.org.uk/2026/military-experts-or-arms-industry-insiders-uk-media-fails-to-disclose-defence-sector-links-in-nearly-60-of-cases/ #UKMedia #DefenceLinks #Journalism #Accountability #InvestigativeReporting #HackerNews #ngated
Military experts or arms industry insiders? UK media fails to disclose defence sector links in nearly 60% of cases - AOAV
Here AOAV finds that UK media outlets frequently present retired senior military figures as independent defence experts without disclosing their commercial ties to defence, security, intelligence, and technology industries, potentially obscuring conflicts of interest in public debates over war and military spending.