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Politics : Bush Administration's Media Manipulation--MediaGate?

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To: Mighty_Mezz who wrote (5978)	2/15/2006 12:00:11 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (2) of 9838

Media 'courage' "Boy, those TV people are nervy, aren't they? I mean, this year's Super Bowl [commercials] featured a man and woman simulating sexual intercourse on an airplane, and a 12-year-old girl discussed married sex with her mother. Takes guts, doesn't it? "And the newspapers -- they're just incredible, huh? The New York Times has risked its neck by revealing that the Bush administration has been monitoring overseas phone calls. ... "Yes, there's nothing our good old courageous media won't tackle, is there? "Well, yes there is. It turns out not a single TV network and only two newspapers -- the New York Sun and the Philadelphia Enquirer -- have dared publish the dozen Danish cartoons that have set off riots around the world. ... "Whence this newfound humility? Well, everybody's mumbling something about 'respect for religion' and 'not wanting to offend anybody,' but the real reason is transparent. They're scared to death. Publishing portraits of rock stars posing as Jesus or putting naked movie stars on the cover of Vanity Fair -- that's easy. Only a bunch of hillbillies down in Arkansas will be offended. But publishing a cartoon of Mohammed with a bomb in his turban -- now that's different. ... Agitprop about freedom of the press is one thing; doing something dangerous is another." -- William Tucker, writing on "Standing Up To Terror," Monday in the American Enterprise Online at www.taemag.com

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