[Grovenet] America's Propaganda Quagmire

[Ed Davie]

Just turn you TVs off. I did that over a year ago and I don't think I have 
missed much.
Ed


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "allnutt" <allnutt at verizon.net>
To: "Forest Grove local interests list" <grovenet at rdrop.com>
Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 7:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Grovenet] America's Propaganda Quagmire


> Technically it is called listening to your customers. They aren't calling 
> it
> censorship because that is when the government tells you what to print or
> not to print.
> In this case the government would prefer that the 'dramatization' be as 
> made
> up as possible becauses the truth would be damaging to the current office
> holder.
> ABC is free to air it as is if they want they control their own 
> programming.
> It is just that customers ultimately decide whether to watch it.
>
> Katie
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steven" <NoSpam03 at comcast.net>
> To: "Forest Grove local interests list" <grovenet at rdrop.com>
> Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 6:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [Grovenet] America's Propaganda Quagmire
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>
>> Hmm. No one is calling the re-edit of the program prior to air as
>> censorsship.
>>
>>> -------------------------------------
>>>
>>> ABC is planning to air a two-part mini-series entitled The Path to 9/11
>>> this
>>> Sunday and Monday.
>>>
>>> In spite of its claim to be based on the 9/11 Commission Report, the 
>>> film
>>> reportedly includes numerous inaccuracies and lays the blame for the
>>> September 11 tragedy on the Clinton Administration.  One scene 
>>> reportedly
>>> depicts a senior Clinton Administration official calling off the capture
>>> or
>>> killing of Osama bin Laden. This depiction of events has been refuted by
>>> former Bush Administration anti-terrorism chief, Richard Clarke.
>>>
>>> It also has been reported that the film blames the intelligence
>>> breakdowns
>>> on bureaucratic obstacles allegedly created by the Clinton
>>> Administration,
>>> even though Republican 9/11 Commissioner Slade Gordon has previously
>>> refuted
>>> that claim.
>>>
>>> -----------------------------------------
>>>
>>> True? Not true? Does anyone care? Considering our recent history at the
>>> polls, facts are about the least important concern to American voters. I
>>> say
>>> that honestly, recognizing that when people are sufficiently frightened
>>> or
>>> confused facts become the least of our concerns.
>>>
>>> In the meantime the propaganda quagmire gets deeper and deeper. As long
>>> as
>>> the propaganda is mixed in well with "news" or "political analysis" it
>>> becomes very difficult to recognize.
>>>
>>> Maybe impossible.
>>>
>>> Ron D'Eau Claire
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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