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Pentagon Plans Iraq Channel (washingtonpost.com)
by Decius at 12:55 am EST, Nov 21, 2003 |
] In an escalation of White House efforts to circumvent
] what President Bush calls the news media "filter," the
] Pentagon plans to launch a 24-hour satellite channel from
] Baghdad to make it easier for U.S. television stations to
] air government-authorized news about Iraq.
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] The satellite link, dubbed "C-SPAN Baghdad" within the
] administration, is to go on the air in a week or two. It
] begins at a time when guerrilla violence in Iraq is
] increasing and the White House is revising and
] accelerating plans to transfer governing authority to
] Iraqis. |
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RE: Pentagon Plans Iraq Channel (washingtonpost.com)
by k at 11:51 am EST, Nov 21, 2003 |
Decius wrote:
] ] In an escalation of White House efforts to circumvent
] ] what President Bush calls the news media "filter," the
] ] Pentagon plans to launch a 24-hour satellite channel from
] ] Baghdad to make it easier for U.S. television stations to
] ] air government-authorized news about Iraq.
] ]
] ] The satellite link, dubbed "C-SPAN Baghdad" within the
] ] administration, is to go on the air in a week or two. It
] ] begins at a time when guerrilla violence in Iraq is
] ] increasing and the White House is revising and
] ] accelerating plans to transfer governing authority to
] ] Iraqis. well, yeah, of course, i mean, why would i want my news filtered, when i can get it right from the government? i mean, they'd never misrepresent what's going on, or spin the events in any way... they're our friends! Seriously, what the fucking fuck, man... state TV is for F A S C I S T S and D I C T A T O R S. This is exactly the shit Bush claims to be fighting against, and has the audacity to circumvent it back home? I can't even comprehend the logic he uses to justify this shit. Spreading democracy and freedom my ass. Increasing personal power and imposing his version of american culture on the rest of the world is more like it. Curses curses curses! |
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RE: Pentagon Plans Iraq Channel (washingtonpost.com)
by Decius at 12:47 pm EST, Nov 21, 2003 |
inignoct wrote:
] well, yeah, of course, i mean, why would i want my news
] filtered, when i can get it right from the government? i
] mean, they'd never misrepresent what's going on, or spin the
] events in any way... they're our friends! Well, I don't mind getting information directly from the government as long as its about the government. For example, I'd much rather read Bush's speeches then to read a journalist's take on his speeches. There is probably enough enformation about what they are doing in Iraq to make a channel out of it. However, the minute the administration is presenting "facts" about other things, like "what the people of Iraq think," or "what are the important events that occured in Iraq today," we've got a problem. I am worried that this is what we're going to see here. The only question I have is why do these people need an uncritical state media when they've got fox news? |
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