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Politics : Dutch Central Bank Sale Announcement Imminent?

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To: Gary H who wrote (16063)10/27/2002 1:24:12 PM
From: sea_urchin  Read Replies (1) of 82050
 
Gary > We can't depend on the media, they are giving us as much BS as the government

villagevoice.com

>>>It's not the first time authorities have tried to pin the blame on an ephemeral scapegoat without disclosing the evidence. For example, on September 26, The Washington Post quoted President Bush in one of his attempts to link Saddam Hussein with Al Qaeda. "They're both risks. They're both dangerous," said Bush idiotically. "The war on terror, you can't distinguish between al Qaeda and Saddam when you talk about the war on terror. They're both equally as bad, and equally as evil, and equally as destructive." The White House spokesman explained, "In the shadowy world of terrorism, sometimes there is no precise way to have definitive information until it is too late."

There's a downside to leaving the public in a permanent state of terror. The more the media whips up the fear factor, the more Americans are likely to support extreme measures by the government.<<<

Surely that's the whole idea.
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