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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: pezz who wrote (58861)	8/19/1999 9:53:00 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 67261

I did get involved, on brees's side of the substantive argument...

To: pezz who wrote (58861)	8/19/1999 9:53:00 AM
From: gao seng	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 67261

Secret Media Manipulation By Reed Irvine and Cliff Kincaid August 19, 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Washington Times has disclosed that President Clinton signed a secret presidential directive in April ordering the creation of a government panel to manipulate foreign news. Issued during the war against Yugoslavia, the order apparently reflected concern that the administration's foreign policy was being challenged by news media abroad. It's a fact that the foreign press was much more willing than American news organizations to question Administration claims used to justify the war. The war is now over, and the Administration's lies are even more evident. Whereas the Administration claimed that perhaps 100,000 Kosovo Albanians had been killed, the actual figure may be only a few thousand. And a British Air Force report discloses that the NATO military campaign was badly botched. It now appears that only seven Serb tanks were hit after 36,000 combat sorties. On the other hand, since the end of the war, it is reported by sources inside Kosovo that 130,000 Serbs have fled their homes, 150 Serbs have been killed, 200 Serbs have been kidnaped, and 40 Serbian Orthodox Christian churches have been damaged, destroyed or bombed. New York Times reporter Chris Hedges is saying that the Muslim terrorist Kosovo Liberation Army is taking control, right under the noses of NATO and the U.N. It is this kind of information that the new White House initiative is designed to combat. It's called the International Public Information group, and was established as a result of Clinton's PDD 68. Washington Times reporter Ben Barber obtained a copy of the IPI charter, describing how various U.S. agencies are being brought together to coordinate this propaganda offensive. However he said it could have domestic repercussions. He says the charter explains that domestic information about U.S. foreign policy should be "deconflicted" and "synchronized" so not to send a contradictory message. In effect, this means that the message will be the same at home and abroad. Barber reported that the administration claims that the new information policy will not be directed against the American public. But Barber points out that "...since foreign media reporters often get played back in U.S. media, it will likely be impossible to prevent a backwash" of the information into America. This is certainly the case when it is impossible to separate an American from a foreign news operation. CNN, for example, is a global media company the provides news to domestic and international audiences. Before the creation of this IPI, Barber reported, the White House had created a "Strategic Planning Directorate" to manipulate the media. As part of this effort, National Security Adviser Sandy Berger "tried to convince American editors not to publish accounts by their reporters who wrote that Bosnia was unsafe for Americans, that Muslim extremists were a threat, and that the warring sides would never be pacified." Barber said this group sought to "pressure American reporters into favorable coverage of the U.S. troops deployment" into Bosnia. That included coverage of the White House promise -- right before the presidential election of 1996 -- that the troops would only be there for one year. Now, almost three years later, they are still there. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------http://www.aim.org/mm/1999/08/19.htm

To: pezz who wrote (58861)	8/19/1999 9:58:00 AM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 67261

Actually, the Johannes you keep describing seems just your cup of tea. I think what you are trying ( artlessly ) to say is "Johannes is my pal"..You can do it..You'll feel better..Trust me. DMA Or maybe you just like typing the words towel head. Gives you a chance to say it and still pretend you're on the moral high ground.

To: pezz who wrote (58861)	8/19/1999 10:07:00 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 67261

Now, follow the bouncing ball: I didn't pay attention to the argument, because brees and I had had it with Johannes before, the posts are long, and I was on my way to North Carolina. I came back, read a couple of posts, and jumped in with this: techstocks.com Although I was taken aback by the slurs in the one message of Johannes's I read, I decided to read back before commenting. Meanwhile, my grandmother had died, and I had a funeral to go to. Before I got a chance to read back, you entered the picture, and by now I have made it clear that I disapprove of the slurs......