영국 언론, 약 60% 사례에서 방위산업 연계 공개 실패

This investigation reveals a systematic transparency gap in British media where retired military officers appear as independent experts on defence and security while maintaining undisclosed commercial interests in defence contractors. The findings are critical because public understanding of military spending and intervention relies heavily on commentary from figures presented as impartial authorities—yet 58% of analyzed retired senior officers have undisclosed defence-industry affiliations, preventing readers from assessing potential bias. This pattern underscores the need for mandatory conflict-of-interest disclosure in media, a standard practice in science and medicine but notably absent from defence and security journalism.