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That would be news to me, src? Quick search suggest, that this statement is just propaganda. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-07-01/brull---the-boring-truth-a
by hutzlibu 5y ago
That would be news to me, src?
Quick search suggest, that this statement is just propaganda.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-07-01/brull---the-boring-truth-about-chomsky/2779086 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-07-01/brull---the-boring-tr...
- chroem- 5y agoNice try https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian_genocide_denial#Chomsky_and_Herman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian_genocide_denial#Chom...
- hutzlibu 5y agoI do not read anything, close of a statement "cambodian genocide is just us propaganda" What I read is: "What filters through to the American public is a seriously distorted version of the evidence available, emphasizing alleged Khmer Rouge atrocities and downplaying or ignoring the crucial U.S. role, direct and indirect, in the torment that Cambodia has suffered" a much more nuanced statement.
- chroem- 5y agoAre we reading the same quote? He is calling reporting about the genocide propaganda.
- hutzlibu 5y agoI am reading, he is calling some reporting possible propaganda.
- skavi 5y agothe best propaganda is the correct truth, no?
- BrazzVuvuzela 5y agoCorrect, but Chomsky wanted people to believe it was lies.
- hutzlibu 5y agoBecause he believed so, too. The US would have had incentive to paint the picture worse of the communist side doings after they left the area in a mess. After the pentagon papers and everything, that would have been a plausible scenario - it just happened to be real murder on big scale, even unseen in sowjet russia before.