Re: [microsound] Sound/Silence/War

[jan.larsson <jlarsson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

One should know that journalists in bagdad now has an ever present=20
personal iraqii military 'companion' that cencors what they can say.=20
Hardly suprising given the situation. The only journalists that can=20
report freely are the ones from smalller countries that speak some odd=20=

language. I've been listeing to a norwegian journalist who reported=20
this fact.

Regarding the skills of the US government this short colunn in=20
Businessweek tells us a lot:

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/03_12/b3825801.htm

l=F6rdagen den 22 mars 2003 kl 05.48 skrev Christopher Sorg:

>> ( 03.03.21 17:55 -0600 ) Christopher Sorg:
>>> I'm extremely surprised at how little inside coverage there is of =
the
>>> war.
>>
>> well, wake up and smell the propaganda. like you mention, when you =
see
>> the bodies, the limbs, the fear on faces; it's not so much like a=20
>> video
>> game after all.
>
> Well, that's what I was calling out.  The "video game" war=20
> presentation is
> not credible.  It's disturbing to see information so *blatantly*
> manipulated.  I like my information subtly manipulated...hasn't the=20
> U.S.
> government read any Machiavellian?!?  You're not supposed to see the
> puppet's strings.  So, not only is the leadership foolish and=20
> warmongering,
> they're also pathetically ham-handed.

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