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Originally posted by Colin@Feb 17 2003, 07:37 PM
An article titled "The Real Reason George Bush is Going to War" is not a news piece. It's an opinion editorial and that is all. No one can read minds in the real world. "ESP for Dummies" is just that.
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Just want to add:
the problem is too many people don't know the difference between news and views, and the politicos use that to spin public opinion... every time public opinion slips, more "stuff" comes out, not fact, but possibles, data, "new sat pics"... whatever it takes to keep pumping things back up.
Colin Powell had a whole bunch of things he could have distributed to the UN weeks earlier - but the timing was important in the cycle of news and public opinion - created to get the public onside and put pressure on the inspectors to make a bad report so that the US can go to war.
That leads to the "why we should go to war" opinion pieces that crowd the evening news up, and give the general population the mistaken impression that these possible things are facts. Back it up with a heartstring puller of a personality fluff piece on a soldier stuck away from his or her family, and you have a "spin"... none of it is news, all of it is just creating positive feelings towards engaging war.
It's just tough to watch, knowing that too many people aren't able to see the difference between fact and spin.
Alex
02-17-2003
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