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To: Thomas M. who wrote (6047)	4/1/2003 12:25:34 AM
From: PartyTime	Respond to of 21614

I think the American media's reporting of the pre-war buildup, the efforts to prevent the war and the war itself are very questionable. Questions that should be asked are not asked; and things that shouldn't be reported are reported. Someone from the The Nation a couple of weeks ago was on television and described how every time there was protest about the war it was all about oil, however when the protest hinged on no smoking gun or no links to Al Qaeda or Iraqis never asked to be liberated or falsified intelligence, outright lies and distortions, misinterpretations and deletions of fact, those cries never got credible media copy or effective followup. Perhaps the most blatant and outlandish example being the American media's failure to report about the US spying on the homes and offices of the UN Security Council members and the backdoor entry into the US media's consciousiness of Powell's reliance on plagerized material during his UN presentation. However, when the Bush Admnistration sung songs about smoking gun or Al Qaeda bringing democracy into all of the Middle East, he got front and center coverage, almost as if what he was alleging were actual and needed to exist. Indeed, one of the true casualties of this war has been and is the credibility of the American media. And having spent much of the past three months in essence providing an international media service (see the above header material brought forward from the Don't Start the War thread), believe me, I know the difference. Indeed, the US media needs to do better. At a minimum, it has to question authority, not embrace it and mould it into American consciousness.

To: Thomas M. who wrote (6047)	4/1/2003 12:25:34 AM
From: PartyTime	Respond to of 21614

I think the American media's reporting of the pre-war buildup, the efforts to prevent the war and the war itself are very questionable. Questions that should be asked are not asked; and things that shouldn't be reported are reported. Someone from the The Nation a couple of weeks ago was on television and described how every time there was protest about the war it was all about oil, however when the protest hinged on no smoking gun or no links to Al Qaeda or Iraqis never asked to be liberated or falsified intelligence, outright lies and distortions, misinterpretations and deletions of fact, those cries never got credible media copy or effective followup. Perhaps the most blatant and outlandish example being the American media's failure to report about the US spying on the homes and offices of the UN Security Council members and the backdoor entry into the US media's consciousiness of Powell's reliance on plagerized material during his UN presentation. However, when the Bush Admnistration sung songs about smoking gun or Al Qaeda bringing democracy into all of the Middle East, he got front and center coverage, almost as if what he was alleging were actual and needed to exist. Indeed, one of the true casualties of this war has been and is the credibility of the American media. And having spent much of the past three months in essence providing an international media service (see the above header material brought forward from the Don't Start the War thread), believe me, I know the difference. Indeed, the US media needs to do better. At a minimum, it has to question authority, not embrace it and mould it into American consciousness.

To: Thomas M. who wrote (6047)	4/1/2003 12:26:11 AM
From: PartyTime	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21614

I think the American media's reporting of the pre-war buildup, the efforts to prevent the war and the war itself are very questionable. Questions that should be asked are not asked; and things that shouldn't be reported are reported. Someone from the The Nation a couple of weeks ago was on television and described how every time there was protest about the war it was all about oil, however when the protest hinged on no smoking gun or no links to Al Qaeda or Iraqis never asked to be liberated or falsified intelligence, outright lies and distortions, misinterpretations and deletions of fact, those cries never got credible media copy or effective followup. Perhaps the most blatant and outlandish example being the American media's failure to report about the US spying on the homes and offices of the UN Security Council members and the backdoor entry into the US media's consciousiness of Powell's reliance on plagerized material during his UN presentation. However, when the Bush Admnistration sung songs about smoking gun or Al Qaeda bringing democracy into all of the Middle East, he got front and center coverage, almost as if what he was alleging were actual and needed to exist. Indeed, one of the true casualties of this war has been and is the credibility of the American media. And having spent much of the past three months in essence providing an international media service (see the above header material brought forward from the Don't Start the War thread), believe me, I know the difference. Indeed, the US media needs to do better. At a minimum, it has to question authority, not embrace it and mould it into American consciousness.