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To: Gottfried who wrote (51995)	9/12/2001 11:39:26 PM
From: Jerome	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

Thanks Gottfried....In the early sixties a famous Canadien, Marshall McLuhan wrote a book called "Undwerstanding Media". The one quotation that comes to my mind from that book is "Television is bubblegum for the Eyes". Lets look at some common TV images that we have seen in the past few weeks. 1) Palestineans cheering the Trade Center Bombing (10 seconds) 2) Israeli soldiers armed like gestapo attacking unarmed Palestinean demonstrators.(also 10 seconds) 3) Israeli civilian on the West Bank carrying as big gun, looking meaner than hell and very menacing toward the Palestineans in the distance (ten seconds). All three images totally pass for informed journalism. Likely all are false... Can any photo journalist describe a complex political situation in a ten second film clip? I think not. At least not with any accuracy. Regards, Jerome