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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (17562)	5/16/2005 7:30:47 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 362361

The Propaganda War On Democracy zmag.org

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (17562)	5/16/2005 7:36:07 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 362361

Bush Administration, Peace Movement Learned Very Different Lessons from Vietnam War zmag.org <<...BETWEEN THE LINES: Just a final question, if I could. Many half-truths and blatant lies were told in justifying the Iraq War on the part of the Bush administration, but our government seems unaccountable for these breaches of trust. In fact, policymakers have been rewarded with promotions, medals and re-election. The press was blamed for the loss of the Vietnam War by conservatives who supported that conflict, and it seems that the press in the United States has been asleep at the switch, to say the least, in terms of scrutinizing and challenging the rationales for war in Iraq. MARCUS RASKIN: Well, I think that's right, and for the most part, our press is what you would call a palace court press. That is to say, it takes handouts, and is more willing to take propaganda than doing individual or critical research on various questions. It's a great shame, because what that means is that the people of this country suffer as a result of it. This issue is going to become more and more important as people in any case, move away from reading newspapers and dependent on the mass media, such as television, which indeed, only tells a fleeting glimpse of any story. So the country is faced with a very, very great problem now, in terms of how news is gathered, how criticism is made and how it gets out...>>