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To: Carolyn who wrote (5837)	11/2/1999 11:47:00 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 7442

Thanks Carolyn...I really value all opinions, but they have to be somewhat informed....and civil....the 'truthsayer' using the term VERY loosely, seems like a #2 pencil, with no name=no lead.... My thoughts on Propaganda (of any kind...) ...Years ago, I took a great course in propaganda. The purpose of the class was to help us be discerning about what we read, the source of the information, and what the author?s purpose was for writing the piece. The class was for one solid quarter,. The class as a whole had subscriptions to 10 major US newspapers....Christian Science Monitor, NY Times, LA Times, Chicago Tribune, etc .... Each day, a current event of the day was chosen, and we read aloud what EACH of the 10 papers said about the event. When we compared the event, as seen by each paper: We found Bias, mis-information, and occasionally, poor grammar, spelling, etc. We learned who owned the paper, who was the publisher, and the editor .... and what their personal opinions were. We also learned to actually THINK about what we read. We learned: .1) If the article had someone's name on it, it was NOT news.....It was an opinion and belonged on the op-ed page. .2) If the article had no by-line, we could assume it was intended to be news, and NOT someone's opinion. We then observed other papers for their 'take' on that news. THAT WAS THE MOST VALUABLE PART OF THE COURSE! I don't believe there are many, if any, schools in the country are teaching propaganda any more. It is one thing to debate the relative merits of any issue....Douglas and Lincoln surely did.....But, they were civil, and had something of value to say on each side of an issue. If you got this far, thanks for listening! Hopefully, the next few days will be looking up....pun intended... 9090909's! to all, KLP