Re: MD ill gotten gains

From: David Morey (us@divadeus.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: Sun Nov 21 2004 - 15:03:41 GMT

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    Hi Platt

    Whether someone is on your right or left depends where you are.
    Or maybe they are above or below.

    dm.... from his own dimension.....

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Platt Holden" <pholden@sc.rr.com>
    To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>; <owner-moq_discuss@venus.co.uk>
    Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 9:56 PM
    Subject: Re: MD ill gotten gains

    >
    > msh:
    >> For example, the only people who were surprised that no WMD were
    >> found in Iraq are people who's world views are shaped by the
    >> commercial mass media.
    >
    > Ah yes, a grand conspiracy by the commercial mass media to pressure all
    > the world's intelligence agencies to say the Iraq had WMD. Absurd.
    >
    >> So, again, the obvious answer is that these are not left-wing
    >> institutions at all. They are huge corporations, usually part of
    >> still larger multi-national conglomerates. It may be that the
    >> average reporter or photographer or camera-man leans slightly to the
    >> left, maybe supporting abortion rights, or cutting the military
    >> budget to build more schools or something. But these people have
    >> nothing at all to say about what actually shows up on the front page, or
    >> is
    >> broadcast over the networks. There the view is quite different, and
    >> reflects the leanings of the corporate owners.
    >
    > Many surveys have shown that most owners and editors of broadcast news and
    > newspapers are leftists. For a view by an insider (not from some ivory-
    > tower professor) read "Bias" by Bernard Goldberg.
    >
    > Platt
    >
    >
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