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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth

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To: PartyTime who started this subject6/8/2004 12:10:42 AM
From: John Sladek   of 173976
 
Popular culture clashes with homeland security mission, panel chief says

By Chris Strohm
cstrohm@govexec.com
The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee asserted Friday that popular culture is undermining homeland security efforts by creating the impression that threats are not real.

"The nation can hardly succeed in this inevitably long and arduous struggle if our popular culture -- our media, our entertainers and even many politicians at home and abroad - - continues to spread the perception that the need for homeland security is a contrivance, a snare and a delusion," Rep. Christopher Cox, R-Calif., said during a keynote speech at the McGraw-Hill Companies Homeland Security Summit in Washington.

Cox singled out a new film by director Michael Moore, Farenheit 9/11, saying it presents a "warped view" that terrorists would be justified in further attacks because the United States is responding aggressively on all fronts to terrorism.
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Full Story: govexec.com
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