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To: stockman_scott who wrote (67330)1/21/2003 4:23:51 AM
From: KLP  Respond to of 281500
 
WWII was 'muzzled' as well, SS...FDR was President. Remember your history. Look up on any search engine....WW2 news blackout.....



To: stockman_scott who wrote (67330)1/21/2003 11:07:59 AM
From: JohnM  Respond to of 281500
 
In an Iraq war, Washington is likely to once again muzzle the news media
Truth May Sink in Desert Sand
by Robert Wiener


Excellent essay.

An aside. We all know about the Pentagon policies during the Gulf War and this writer notes them. But what were the Pentagon press policies during the Bosnia and Kosovo ventures? Anybody know?