From: Mark Steven Heyman (markheyman@infoproconsulting.com)
Date: Sat Jan 29 2005 - 03:10:59 GMT
Hi Platt,
I've switched this over to the Bias in Media thread. Seems more
appropriate.
msh asks seven very specific questions:
How many of these channels broadcast full-spectrum discussion of
whether or not profit-driven dissemination of information is the
highest quality way of helping the public stay informed?
How many of these channels broadcast full-spectrum discussion of
whether or not profit-driven health care is the highest quality way
of making basic health services available to everybody?
Which of these channels show the real situation on the ground in
Iraq, showing the utter destruction of Falluja, for example, and
reporting the fact that the so-called insurgency is stronger than
ever, that the hostility toward the American occupation is at an
all- time high? Fox News and CNN are part of every cable and
satellite package offered in the US. Why isn't al-Jazeera? As far
as I know, the only way to get al-Jazeera is through one sat tv
company, EchoStar. Why the discrepancy?
Which of your 200 channels show the flag-draped coffins of Americans
killed in Iraq, or even broadcast their burial services. Which
channels are reporting on what happens to American's injured in
Iraq, after they return? Why do you suppose such information is
considered non-newsworthy?
and this is platt's response:
According to MSH, America would have been better served if during
World War II U.S. radio had broadcast what the Germans were
listening to from Goebbels, or the Japanese from Tojo, and after the
war, what the Russians were learning from Pravda. Why do I doubt such
information would have made the world better than it is today? Could
it be because the Nazis and the Japs and the Communists might still
be in power, or have it least stayed in power longer to slaughter
millions more?
msh said:
I ask seven precise questions, and I'm told that during WWII I would
have been a Fascist sympathizer. How's that for an argument?
platt:
You made a specific proposal which I answered. The rest was simply a
leftist propaganda couched in question form, like "If pigs could
fly...? .
msh says:
I'm afraid I don't understand the connection. My questions were
designed to reveal an important point: having available a large
number of channels is not the same as having available a wide
spectrum of opinion. Do you agree with this?
msh continued:
But that aside, the implication seems to be that the people who have
power over information services know best about what should and
should not be heard. That's a scary thought, whether it comes from
Goebbels or Murdoch.
platt:
And your proposal to correct this supposed crime is? (Note the ad
hominem association of Murdoch with Nazi.)
msh says:
You're right. I should have said, "That's a scary thought, whether
it comes from Goebbels, or Pravda, or Murdoch, or NBC (General
Electric: donated 1.1 million to GW Bush for his 2000 election
campaign), or CBS (Westinghouse), or ABC (Disney: donated 640
thousand to GW's 2000 campaign), or Time-Warner (CNN: donated 1.6
million to GW's 2000 campaign).
Mark Steven Heyman (msh)
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