Re: Deliberate media propaganda

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stop listening to zionists who fear muzzies

On Jun 4, 10:19 pm, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> You would fit right in,  in Western Europe.
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> Cowboy up,  or move.
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> On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 7:48 PM, plainolamerican
> <plainolameri...@gmail.com>wrote:
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> > the "Two Militants"  were in fact targeted as being
> > "militants"
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> > so, now the US is killing militants in addition to terrorists.
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> > fund your own charity work
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> > On Jun 4, 10:00 am, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Well, come to find out, the "Two Militants"  were in fact targeted as
> > being
> > > "militants"  and were not at all collateral damage as the article that MJ
> > > cut and pasted would have us believe:
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> > >http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/pakistani-lawyer-fil...
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> > > More anti-American rhetoric and dogma from those who would like to see
> > the
> > > United States become a third world or fourth world Nation-State.....
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> > > On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 10:08 AM, plainolamerican
> > > <plainolameri...@gmail.com>wrote:
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> > > > does it matter what you call them while you're killing them?
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> > > > On Jun 4, 7:20 am, MJ <micha...@america.net> wrote:
> > > > > Saturday, Jun 2, 2012 05:36 AM EDTDeliberate media propagandaThe
> > media
> > > > now knows that "militant" is a term of official propaganda, yet still
> > use
> > > > it for America's drone victimsBy Glenn Greenwald(updated below)Earlier
> > this
> > > > week,The New York Timesreportedthat the Obama administration, in order
> > to
> > > > conceal civilian deaths caused by their drone attacks, "counts all
> > > > military-age males in a strike zone as combatants."Although I wrote at
> > > > length about theNYT's various revelations, Iwrote separatelyabout that
> > > > specific disclosure, in order to emphasize the implications for media
> > > > outlets reporting on American drone attacks:What kind of
> > self-respecting
> > > > media outlet would be party to this practice? Here's the New York Times
> > > > documenting that this is what the term "militant" means when used by
> > > > government officials. Any media outlet that continues using it while
> > > > knowing this is explicitly choosing to be an instrument for state
> > > > propaganda.Early this morning, the U.S. fired a missile from a drone in
> > > > northwest Pakistan its first since the NYT story – and killed two
> > people.
> > > > Here's how The Washington Post is now touting the article about this
> > attack
> > > > on its online front page:
> > > > > Readers who click on that story are greeted by an Associated Press
> > story
> > > > bearing this headline:
> > > > > There is, as usual, no indication that these media outlets have any
> > idea
> > > > whatsoever about who was killed in these strikes. All they know is that
> > > > "officials" (whether American or Pakistani) told them that they were
> > > > "militants," so they blindly repeat that as fact. They "report" this
> > not
> > > > only without having the slightest idea whether it's true, but worse,
> > with
> > > > the full knowledge that the word "militant" is being aggressively
> > distorted
> > > > by deceitful U.S. government propaganda that defines the term to mean:
> > any
> > > > "military-age males" whom we kill (the use of the phrase "suspected
> > > > militants" in the body of the article suffers the same infirmity).
> > > > > How is it possible to have any informed democratic debate over a
> > policy
> > > > about which the U.S. media relentlessly propagandizes this way? If
> > drone
> > > > strikes kill nobody other than "militants," then very few people will
> > even
> > > > think about opposing them (and that's independent of the fact that the
> > word
> > > > "militant" is a wildly ambiguous term militant about what? though it is
> > > > clearly designed (when combined with "Pakistan") to evoke images of
> > those
> > > > who attacked the World Trade Center). Debate-suppression is not just
> > the
> > > > effect but the intent of this propaganda: like all propaganda, it is
> > > > designed to deceive the citizenry in order to compel acquiescence to
> > > > government conduct.
> > > > > In light of this week's revelation about what "militant" actually
> > means
> > > > when used by "officials," there really needs to be some concerted,
> > > > organized campaign to target media outlets every time they use the term
> > > > this way. Because this particular article lacks a byline, one way to
> > start
> > > > here would be to complain to the Washington Post Ombudsman (whose
> > contact
> > > > information is in the last linehere) and to Associated Press (at the
> > email
> > > > listedhere). In the meantime, I've contacted AP requesting a response,
> > and
> > > > will work on a more organized effort to target media outlets every time
> > > > they do this. This is nothing short of a deliberate government/media
> > > > misinformation campaign about an obviously consequential policy.
> > > > > * * * * *
> > > > > Speaking of propaganda, the media watchdog groupFAIR noteswhat
> > > > wasentirely predictable(andspecifically predicted): that MSNBC with the
> > > > exception of a brief discussion on Morning Joe and thisquite good
> > > > monologuefrom Ari Melber on The Dylan Ratigan Show – never once
> > mentioned
> > > > to their progressive audience any of the NYT's highly disturbing
> > > > revelations about President Obama's "kill list" (even as they droned
> > on and
> > > > on and on about audience-pleasing trivialities such as Donald Trump's
> > > > malice). FAIR adds: "In fact, a far more interesting discussion of
> > these
> > > > questions can be heard on Fox News Channel," including "a soundbite
> > from
> > > > the ACLU to illustrate criticism from the left." [Chris Hayes, on his
> > > > morning weekend show, is, as usual,a noble exception].
> > > > > For those who missed it, here is Stephen Colbert's three-minute
> > > > monologue from Thursday night on the way in which the Obama
> > administration
> > > > has re-defined "militant":
> > > >http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/414704/may-31-.
> > ..
> > > > Chris Woods, Senior Reporter with theBureau of Investigative
> > Journalism,
> > > > which has donesterling workin documenting drone attacks in Pakistan,
> > emails
> > > > today to say this:Today's strike is far from clear right now: maybe
> > one –
> > > > or two events. May also involve civilian deaths (Dawn reports that the
> > > > motorbike was accidentally hit). . . .There's also an obverse to this
> > coin.
> > > > As well as reporting all those killed as "militants", the mainstream US
> > > > media is consistently failing to report when civilians are credibly
> > > > reported killed, even as media internationally do so.Excepting today,
> > > > civilians have only been reported killed twice in Pakistan in 2012,
> > from 17
> > > > attacks (February 9 and May 24). On both occasions civilian deaths were
> > > > reported by major international agencies (Reuters, AP etc), and picked
> > up
> > > > worldwide (eg BBC, Jerusalem Post…) But not within the US. I can find
> > no
> > > > reference to civilian casualties in any mainstream US publication on
> > either
> > > > occasion (for the May 24 attack most also censored out the fact that a
> > > > mosque was hit.)So the US mainstream media is not only classing all
> > victims
> > > > – regardless of known status – as "militants." It is actively
> > censoring out
> > > > actual reports of civilian deaths.This is the same American media
> > thatloves
> > > > to mockPakistanis for being so very propagandized.
> > > >http://www.salon.com/2012/06/02/deliberate_media_propaganda/singleton/
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