From: Mark Steven Heyman (markheyman@infoproconsulting.com)
Date: Wed Aug 18 2004 - 16:34:02 BST
On 18 Aug 2004 at 7:45, Platt Holden wrote:
MSH has obviously not read or
chose to ignore "The Connection" by Stephen Hayes
msh says:
Platt proves my point. Hayes is a staff writer for The Weekly
Standard (owned by Murdoch), a regular commentator on Fox (owned by
Murdoch), who's book (pumped and pumped and pumped by Fox) is
published by Harper Collins (owned by Murdoch). Hayes' journalistic
efforts are contributions to The New York Post (Murdoch), Washington
Times (right-wing whacko Sun Yung Moon), etc etc etc.
The "cozy" connections he writes of are really more of a "connect the
dots" (his words) reliance on things like "open source" news
articles, transcripts from the 1998 embassy bombing trials, as well
as conveniently anonymous intelligence reports and informants.
Hayes himself has said that many of these stories may prove
unreliable. Add to this the convenient absence of source notes and
no knowledge of what cooperative efforts ever came of these supposed
contacts. So what's the point of this exercise? Take a look at his
own credential and links to Murdoch, and the point becomes obvious.
You might be more persuasive, Platt, if you can find even one
supporting study of this issue, preferably one conducted by someone
not on Murdoch's payroll.
Besides, if it's cozy terror relationships wou're interested in, why
not look at the indisputable Bush-Bin Laden family and business
friendship?
platt:
Besides trying to convince us of a ridiculous notion that the media
is conspiring with the administration,
msh:
Please. Not this treadmill again. One more time: This is not a
conspiracy at all. Major commercial media outlets are also major
corporations, usually owned by bigger corps making up the Industrial
side of the Military-Industrial Complex. Their institutional goal is
to maximize profit. War is great for profit in two obvious ways: the
transfer of tax dollars into private pockets via weapons manufacture
and maintence; and the expansion of markets and resources that always
comes with conquest. The profit is especially impressive when
others are paying the physical and financial price.
This isn't a conspiracy. Just good business.
Mark Steven Heyman (msh)
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