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steely Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-11-05 10:51 PM
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Call me late - just watched WMD on IFC
Weapons of Mass Deception, a film by former 20/20 producer Danny Schecter - surprisingly candid and truthful. Talked about how the US media went lockstep with the gubment into spouting propaganda. A little slow in the middle, and it never got into the * regime, but did instead focus on how the media owners cowtowed to the WH and pentagon for acce$$.
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knowbody0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-11-05 10:53 PM
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1. me too
usa kills journalists in Iraq who do not toe the line. im depressed, are you?
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steely Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-11-05 10:57 PM
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2. I found that shocking as well
especially when they had the journalists move to a so-called safe (coordinated) location - and they filmed the tank that shot them. The poor guy on the roof top of the one bldg shook me too.
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knowbody0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-11-05 10:59 PM
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3. you know, the more we know
the more frightening it is to be ameriKan. disposable people
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steely Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-11-05 11:03 PM
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4. What shocked me too was how the media gobbled everything up
that was spouted out at the contrived press conferences. And how at the end of the movie it was hinted that the next time could be worse. Hopefully critical thinking will stay alive.
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knowbody0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-11-05 11:12 PM
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5. and by now, anything msm is contaminated
thank gore for the internets!
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