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| "The war of propganda" |
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| Kashif |
| 10/14/01 at 17:15:50 |
| Some interesting excerpts from Chris Blackhurst's article "The war of propaganda" appearing in today's The Independent newspaper: 1) Downing Street and the military chiefs have never had it so good. Almost the only information the press has to go on is supplied directly from the allied commanders. We are told what they want us to know. 2) Journalists are relying on the government line: data processed by Glasgow University's media monitoring unit indicates a marked tendency for the early evening news bulletins to follow the agenda set by Mr Blair and Mr Bush. 3) There is no one to check the veracity of allied briefings, of claims of successful hits against military installations. 4) The first night of attacks involved 15 bombers, 25 strike aircraft and 50 sea-launched Tomahawk cruise missiles. At the following day's briefing the press was told that 85 per cent of the "ordnance" ( a word beloved of militarists) had hit their targets successfully. What happened to the other 15 per cent? Assuming that each bomber dropped one bomb and each aircraft fired one missile that would make more than 13 bombs and missiles that did not reach their intended destination. Where did they go? Assume that 13 bombs and missiles hit Britain during the night: what sort of story would that make? But there is just silence. 5) Anyone who probes too hard, who refuses to swallow the daily spoonfeeding, is seen as being anti-British. So it is that we are shown "before and after" pictures of what we are informed is a Bin Laden training camp, even though Mr bin Laden's camps have almost certainly been empty for ages. Full article here: http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/media/story.jsp?story=99410 |
| NS |
| Re: "The war of propganda" |
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| humble_muslim |
| 10/15/01 at 10:25:34 |
| AA The first casualty of war is the truth. |
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