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To: unclewest who wrote (9167)11/6/2001 8:22:19 PM
From: ThirdEye  Respond to of 281500
 
many of us are totally disgusted by the liberal press attempting to pressure the military into moving faster.

UW: mixing your metaphors here, I think. The "press," regardless of stripe, are all driven by the same business imperatives, ratings, etc. Hearing the Pentagon say "we are bombing the Taleban front lines" is sssooooo 5 minutes ago, ya know? We need new news now! So the apparent contradiction between the so-called liberal media simultaneously picking the policy to death and tapping their feet impatiently is less a function of politics than business. After all, Fox, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC, ABC are all corporate subsidiaries, and at least GE makes no bones about the function of these networks --make money.



To: unclewest who wrote (9167)11/7/2001 7:56:13 AM
From: Poet  Respond to of 281500
 
Unclewest,

I'm very happy for your family's preparation. Would that we all had an unclewest in our family tree. :-)

As far as the liberal v. conservative argument goes, I'm under the strong impression that this is considered OT here and in deference to Faultline, will drop it.


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