Come to think of it...
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Comment by kuri
January 31, 2003 05:12 PM
OK, where was I at this point in history? Bored with the war, not paying attention any more, wanting to get on with my life, distracted by my own personal world.
I missed this entirely, or if I did read of it, I've forgotten it because it was shocking to read now. No wonder Iraq is doesn't trust the US. I wouldn't either. I guess I don't...
Comment by Anonymous
March 21, 2003 02:31 PM
Fox News did mention this slaughter Thursday night. They showed the road and said that it was the site where thousands of retreating Iraqi troops were attacked and killed by allied forces during the gulf war. That was it, then on to the next topic.
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Posted by lyd at 01:48 PM
While still horrified by the promise of more and better govt. control of information, let's remember just how successful these tactics have been. I am constantly freaked out by how many Amercians are either simply not aware of what happend during the end of gulf war pt1, or stand in firm denial of the evidence.
War. Media. Propaganda. Huh?
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Comment by kuri
January 31, 2003 05:04 PM
Journalists get a bad rap for writing inaccurately but they do ask questions and seek out answers. Maybe biased ones written with incomplete understanding, but if there are enough different questions and answers then readers can pick out a thread of truth by comparing and contrasting the details.
Interesting article. When I get back to Tokyo, I will seek out some of my serious journalist friends and talk to them about this.
Comment by lyd
February 2, 2003 06:21 PM
Kuri, I'm not sure how your comment ties to the article... The point most underscored there is that where answers are concerned, information flow has been choked to the point of there only being a single souce from which to get them. As for questions, there good questions, and then there are the questions asked (allowed to be asked?) These two groups often have very little overlap. Finally, "journalists" most often seem to be doing the very best they can, but it is a rare case in which reporting goes straight from the "journalist" to you without significant editing for content. More ranting on this last will be forthcoming.
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Posted by lyd at 01:24 PM
If you look for the truth we will shoot you.
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Posted by lyd at 01:36 PM
Devin wants content, and I have nothing to say. Since, however, I often regurgitate things said by others, I might as well do that here. So begins an intermitant stream of random things...
"The problem is that I don't think that there is a team of economists locked away in the basement of the whitehouse crunching numbers, and saying, "this is the best way to spend $300 billion." Rather it seems a lot more like Karl Rove said, "I dunno George, seems like we know a lot of people who pay dividend taxes..." - said by Jelly on plastic.com