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To: Homer_J_Simpson

Wow, that rag was once a news paper.


7 posted on 04/30/2010 5:16:05 AM PDT by BigCinBigD (Northern flags in South winds flutter...)
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To: BigCinBigD
"Wow, that rag was once a news paper."

Crying shame, isn't it?

But even back then, you had to watch them carefully.
For example, go back and notice the headlines for April 28.

Do you see how the lying Nazi propaganda is featured in large headlines at the top of the fold, while the British response is in smaller print lower on the page?

To this day there are people who confuse that Nazi propaganda with the truth, and imagine Hitler was somehow "justified" invading Norway.

At the time, nearly all Americans favored the western allies, but wanted desperately to remain "neutral."
The New York Times treatment of that story helped Americans justify their desires.

10 posted on 04/30/2010 2:51:20 PM PDT by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective...)
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To: BigCinBigD
Wow, that rag was once a news paper.

There was a lot of spin even back then.

11 posted on 04/30/2010 4:42:57 PM PDT by PAR35
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