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NOT SO INNOCENT (JOURNALISTS)
New York Post ^
| 10/08/03
| RALPH PETERS
Posted on 10/08/2003 1:58:22 AM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:17:00 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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October 8, 2003 -- ONE of the whopping lies of our time is that journalists are simply innocent bystanders with no responsibility for the outcome of events. In fact, our own media may turn out to be the crucial variable in Iraq. They've already made a success of post-modern terrorism as surely as Colonel Tom Parker made Elvis a star.
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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: journalism; media
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posted on
10/08/2003 1:58:22 AM PDT
by
kattracks
To: kattracks
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10/08/2003 2:00:05 AM PDT
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posted on
10/08/2003 2:01:12 AM PDT
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To: kattracks
Brilliant article. I am having flashbacks to my tour of duty in Vietnam 35 years ago -- same-same coverage of soldiers and war. Some things never change, embedding or no embedding.
To: Viet Vet in Augusta GA
The times, they are a changin!
Is that the NYT Bobby was singing about? Oops, he was a red diaper baby too.
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posted on
10/08/2003 2:55:37 AM PDT
by
Thebaddog
(Fetch this!)
To: kattracks
We're at war.
We're at war with radical Islam and with the Left.
Journalists have declared their allegiance in this fight.
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posted on
10/08/2003 3:07:32 AM PDT
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: billorites
You are exactly correct about the journalists' allegiance. Their allegiance is certainly not to the United States of America. American jounalists are encouraging the enemies of our country. Can someone offer a sane explanation for this?
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posted on
10/08/2003 3:16:43 AM PDT
by
abclily
To: kattracks
Excellent find kattracks! I wish I could believe that some reporters distorting the truth right now would listen to this condemnation...
To: kattracks
I recently read an article about TV media that mentioned that we need to remember that every second of the news is a scripted, edited event.
9
posted on
10/08/2003 3:30:33 AM PDT
by
aardvark1
To: kattracks
Bump
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posted on
10/08/2003 3:42:42 AM PDT
by
knighthawk
(And for the name of peace, we will prevail)
To: kattracks
This article can also be connected to "LEAKES".
What covering the press uses "THEIR" right to break laws.
There is no doubt in my mind that the "press" who got the leaks know darn well that they cannot be connected to President Bush. We would know who did the leaking if a connection could be made to President Bush.
The key question that not one of them will answer is WHO sent Mr. Wilson to Niger. This being the case it makes that bit of "NEWS" left out of focus and totally ignored.
So how is it a "FREE PRESS" when their own deeds cause harm to a "FREE NATION"? There is no comparison to an individual giving ones life to maintain a "FREE NATION" and individual gaining for oneself to plant lies for their own beliefs.
There stories have caused harm to this nation and some in the military. There are no ethics in those who use their "right" to orchestrate events that cause harm.
To: Just mythoughts
Amen.
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posted on
10/08/2003 4:43:40 AM PDT
by
abclily
To: kattracks
To an extent few journalists will admit, terror as we know it depends on the media as its accomplice, amplifying the terrorist's deeds and shaping successes out of terrorist failures - the opposite of the media's approach to American efforts. This bears repeating and bold text.
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posted on
10/08/2003 4:55:12 AM PDT
by
Pest
To: abclily
Can someone offer a sane explanation for this?I think I can.
The first thing to understand is that individual journalists work for and must reflect the positions of the media owners. Ownership of the media is concentrated in the hands of a very small number of people making them truly elite. These media elite are playing for a big prize -- power. They want the power of the United States.
To get power, they must weaken our nation our patriotism, our religion, our morality, and our individual strength which comes from economic independence and family ties and connections to community and freedom and individual liberties, etc. They also need puppet politicians to follow orders after these media elite get them into office.
And why would these politicians do their bidding? Look at how the media keep them in line.
To: abclily
Lack of self respect,Dr. Spock,60's,know little history,fear of hard work,know they will never amount to much,the list is to long to post.
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posted on
10/08/2003 5:43:00 AM PDT
by
Vaduz
To: kattracks
journalists are simply innocent bystanders with no responsibility for the outcome of events. This observation is well worth the repeating. The difference between a reporter and a journalist is that a reporter reports the news whilst the journalist stars in the news.
To: kattracks
Superb article -- let's keep it bumped.
Ping everyone, everyone!
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posted on
10/08/2003 6:58:48 AM PDT
by
paulklenk
(DEPORT HILLARY!)
To: kattracks
BTTT
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posted on
10/08/2003 7:48:49 AM PDT
by
spodefly
(This is my tagline. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
To: kattracks
A good counter to the serial doom and gloomers who have infected this site.
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posted on
10/08/2003 7:54:11 AM PDT
by
Consort
To: kattracks
They've already made a success of post-modern terrorism bump
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posted on
10/08/2003 8:00:25 AM PDT
by
alrea
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