I was re-reading my entry from yesterday, Beyond Bias, looking for some sign of overreaction. Instincts told me that I must’ve not seen something. But nope, upon re-reading the entry, I don’t see any reason to update my opinion — unless the quotes attributed to Nic Robertson turn out to be fake, of course, but that appears highly unlikely. My accusation still stands: CNN has done something traitorous, namely, producing propaganda for Hezbollah.
It is true that CNN has produced propaganda for Hezbollah, unless those quotes are false. I understand if you take issue with my assessment of treason, but I can’t see it any other way. Why would you let a terrorist organization direct your cameras? What else can you call it but treason when someone makes propaganda for a group that killed 241 American servicemen on October 23, 1983?
It’s clear that the end result of CNN’s broadcast has been pro-Hezbollah propaganda. However, the real question in terms of the very serious claim of treason is: did CNN willfully and premeditatedly produce the spot?
If the other media outfits (NBC, CBS, the euros) ended up conveying pretty much the same propaganda, the claim of treason is much less a slam-dunk than you make it out to be.
This is much more directly interpreted as a brilliant piece of media manipulation by Hezbollah than an outright act of treason by a given media outlet.
None of which should surprise you, or anyone else. In the war of ideas, the so-called ‘objective’ media are as much weapons as anything else–wittingly or otherwise.
hmmmm. maybe you should try expanding your areas of writing. What happened to all the penguin stories and shit like that, whatever happened to psycho ward.
http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.agnoiology.com/
maybe you should start targetting more people.
regards
anirudh
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