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A man in London said to Ted Koppel, "Keep in mind these people are not anti-American, they just hate the American President, and frankly I don't blame them."
A few people made comments about the day's events and the hell Bush and Blair have gotten us all into.
Ted asked some stupid questions, one of them being "Do you think we can get Pakistan and other countries back on the bandwagon to support us in Iraq?"
That's when I swallowed my gum.
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Downplaying the real newsby Kathy Fisher, Unknown News
Nov. 21, 2003
I made a point in turning on the news at 6 and 11 last night. I don't know how cable was reporting it (I discontinued cable two years ago), but I turned on the TV with remote in hand to see how the three local news station here in the tri-state area were handling it.
Well, I can tell you I saw enough of Jacko, but when it came to the bombing of the British Consulate in Turkey or the suicide bombing in Kirkuk or the demonstrators in London, if you blinked you missed it.
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 | Between 6:30 and 7:00 you had your choice of Brokaw, Jennings and Rather. They each devoted about 4 to 6 minutes, total, to all the above mentioned. Peter Jennings did look like he wanted to crack a smile when they showed the statue of Bush being toppled, but I could tell he was fighting it.
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So once again I went back to my trusted internet sources for the details of today's events.
Earlier in the day the mainstream news was reporting that 25 people were killed and over 400 hurt in the Consulate bombing. By the evening it was 26 people killed and no mention of how many injured. By that time most of the coverage stopped showing pictures of the building, and there was absolutely no mention of what happened in Kirkuk.
All the late newscasts made sure to show the toppling of the Bush statue again, while carefully saying 'thousands' (no more, no less) showed up to protest.
On Nightline, Ted Koppel did a report on the bombings in Turkey and combined it with the protests in London. A man in London said to Ted, "Keep in mind these people are not anti-American, they just hate the American President, and frankly I don't blame them." A few people made comments about the day's events and the hell Bush and Blair have gotten us all into. Ted asked some stupid questions, one of them being "Do you think we can get Pakistan and other countries back on the bandwagon to support us in Iraq?" That's when I swallowed my gum.
Both of his guests answered him with a flat, Absolute NO!
Koppel came back after a break with two minutes to go till the program is over, and he briefly talked about Iraq, mainly about what took place in Kirkuk. He recited the numbers of dead American GIs so far, and said good night.
Good night, Ted.
My god. Three incredible events in 24 hours and in their poor pathetic way the 'news' tries to cover it all in 20 minutes! It's the media's new type of propaganda: Don't change the news you report to the public, don't alter it to suit your needs, just don't tell them enough about what happened. Feed it to them one spoonful at a time, keep em' guessing.
One thing hasn't changed. They still love to distract their audience — one distraction after another. This week it's Jacko 24/7, and the JFK assassination revisited.
Now tell me what I'm missing by not having cable or satellite TV? Doubtless more of the same ... |
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