From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Wed Apr 10 2002 - 02:16:56 MDT
On Wednesday, April 10, 2002, at 12:20 am, Eliezer S. Yudkowsky wrote:
> "Damien R. Sullivan" wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 10:17:05PM -0700, David Lubkin wrote:
>>
>>> Justification aside, the press -- particularly big-name American
>>> press --
>>> act like they have an absolute right to go anywhere and write about
>>> anything. And by and large they get away with it. The consequences
>>> are
>>> all-too-often deaths or ruined lives.
>>
>> The consequences of military action without public/press supervision is
>> also all-too-often deaths or ruined lives.
>
> Damien, I can only speak for myself, but I've finally reached the point
> where I trust the press less than the military - whether it's US or
> Israeli.
>
This surprises me.
There are hundreds of examples where military claims were later shown to
be false by the press. I can't think of any examples where a press
story was fabricated and shown to be false by the military, although
there may be some. Do you extend this trust of the military up to the
President and to the Government in general?
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