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Re: [microsound] Sound/Silence/War



For those who can read German: a short article published in the
online-version of the news broadcast of the first German TV channel
(ARD): it describes the limitations of press and information flow
concerning all journalists coming from countries which do not belong to
the "coalition of the willing."
http://www.tagesschau.de/aktuell/meldungen/0,2044,OID1662516_TYP6_THE_PTI_ROI_AMI,00.html

Dagmar

Christopher Sorg wrote:
> 
> Considering how far technology has come since the Gulf War, I'm extremely
> surprised at how little inside coverage there is of the war.  The images
> look similar to those from the Gulf War--distant night lights in the sky.  I
> realize that I shouldn't be so surprised.  It's much easier to bomb people
> and homes that you can't recognize distinctly, just view in the distant
> abstract.  But even more lacking was the lack of any sound.  The sheer
> numbers of munitions must create quite a terrible racket, yet the pictures
> we view are silent.  Unbelievable.
> 
> Just imagine your reaction to the images if we could hear the sounds.  And
> what kind of sounds would we hear?
> 
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>  The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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