[A-List] Western media play along in the disinformation game

[Nadja Tesich]

Tony,
 They are not'progressive'. They are trying to keep their jobs.
Nadja
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> From: tal1 at cogeco.ca
> To: a-list at lists.econ.utah.edu
> Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 10:48:16 -0400
> Subject: Re: [A-List] Western media play along in the disinformation game
>
> This time...you beat me to it.
>
> Yes, of course, the mainstream media is an organ of state and corporate
> propaganda pure and simple. Why these otherwise 'progressive' writers insist
> on perpetuating the myth that it is somehow otherwise is ....well, it's
> because they're not that 'progressive', are they?
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "MARGARET WYLES" 
> To: "The A-List" 
> Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2010 10:22 AM
> Subject: Re: [A-List] Western media play along in the disinformation game
>
>
>> On 6/25/10, Bill Totten wrote:
>>> by Gregory Clark
>>>
>>> The Japan Times (June 25 2010)
>>>
>>>
>>> Are they being manipulated by governments? Or, are they just plain lazy,
>>> happy to go along with what everyone else is saying and what readers want
>>> to believe without wanting to look too closely into relevant background?
>>>
>>> I refer to the way the Western media, both lately and in the past, have
>>> accepted blatant and often dangerous news distortions.
>>
>>
>> Maybe I'm getting too jaded here, but c'mon folks. The job of the
>> media is to LIE! Follow the money. It's pretty simple, really.
>> Their job is to perpetuate a myth and read a script handed to them.
>> Our job is to try and remove the veil. Lucky for us, people are
>> beginning to see with their own eyes that we're not in Kansas anymore.
>> But will enough people wake up in time to make a difference.
>>
>>
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