From: Artillo5@cs.com
Date: Tue Nov 26 2002 - 11:01:56 MST
In a message dated 11/26/2002 11:03:14 AM Eastern Standard Time,
jef@jefallbright.net writes:
<< Traveling from country to country, each newspaper was visibly biased in
its own way, and it was almost shocking to be able to compare and see from
that perspective how the American news sources deliver their product in a way
that looks very much like propaganda to an outsider.
This comes accross especially strongly when you see what the US mainstream
papers do *not* print because it would be contrary to, or question, "American
values" and diminish the enjoyable entertainment value of the paper to their
US audience. Every day I would read serious, well-reasoned criticism of US
policies in the overseas papers while in the US papers even what passes for
criticism comes accross as the "party line" when viewed from outside. >>
Yes, in fact, I read EVERY news source with my "Bulls**t detector" set to
high. I definitely agree that "mainstream" media likes to candy-coat the
issues and only focuses on what THEY want us to hear. Ever since this
homeland security thing came up, I have been looking for "mainstream"
articles that warn of the serious danger of such programs eroding our civil
liberties (and make it their top priority), but as yet have found none. In
fact, it has pushed me to start looking in other directions. I am
appreciative of people on this list, because in getting to some of the
articles that have been posted, it has prompted me to delve deeper into the
issues. Lately I have been listening to a lot of Jello Biafra and Noam
Chomsky... people I knew were saying something important but never really
checked out in depth until now.
Honestly, I am feeling VERY helpless as an American citizen, watching the
machine going out of control, with that idiot Bush at the helm. It is now
becoming FAR TOO EASY for a small group of people to make decisions for us
all that will turn this country into a police state all in the name of
"protecting our liberty". But what can I do? I mean really? It seems to me
that there are many small voices screaming out against what is happening, but
not many of them are in a position to do anything about it. Either that, or
people are ignorant of what is really happening, just don't care, or actually
think that what is going on is good solid policy!
Waiting patiently for the madness to set in,
Artillo
PS - "mainstream", meaning the stuff that the average Joe reads or watches on
TV.
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