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"... Conspiracy, or just a boring story? ..." Both. What is not reported is sometimes just as important as what is reported because you have to ask why? "...
by bootload 17y ago
"... Conspiracy, or just a boring story? ..."
Both. What is not reported is sometimes just as important as what is reported because you have to ask why?
"... Changes in war reportage since the Vietnam War are a microcosm of the perception management that is embedded within society. ..." ~ http://old.disinfo.com/archive/pages/article/id1298/pg3/index.html http://old.disinfo.com/archive/pages/article/id1298/pg3/inde...
If business is war, could it not follow that under reporting of the battles business undertake in court also be a casualty. Noam Chomsky noticed this with East Timor, an Australian neighbor. The country was at war with Indonesia but barely reported. [0]
[0] Chomsky, Radical Priorities, 1981 ~ http://www.chomsky.info/books/priorities01.htm http://www.chomsky.info/books/priorities01.htm
- mambodog 17y agoMaybe that's because of how Indonesia dealt with journalists: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balibo_Five http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balibo_Five