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You can paint yourself as the victim, but that doesn't make partisan attacks against actual news more accurate.
by mejari 10y ago
You can paint yourself as the victim, but that doesn't make partisan attacks against actual news more accurate.
- dgut 10y agoPoint is, the media has done a terrible job, misguided the people, and deserve _no sympathy_. It failed to give a honest account of Cuba [1], Vietnam [2], Iraq [3], Syria [4] (Nicaragua, Guatemala, and so on). In fact, it lied about it. That had deadly consequences for millions of humans. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_of_the_Spanish%E2%80%93American_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_of_the_Spanish%E2%8... [2] http://www.globalissues.org/article/402/media-propaganda-and-vietnam http://www.globalissues.org/article/402/media-propaganda-and... [3] http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/21/world/aftereffects-prohibited-weapons-illicit-arms-kept-till-eve-war-iraqi-scientist.html http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/21/world/aftereffects-prohibi... [4] http://www.globalresearch.ca/war-propaganda-syrias-destruction-by-the-lies-of-the-western-media-washington-will-never-let-go-their-target-is-world-hegemony/5549508 http://www.globalresearch.ca/war-propaganda-syrias-destructi... To answer your introductory clause: Not trying to paint myself as the victim or w/e.