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Nice try https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian_genocide_denial#Chomsky_and_Herman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian_genocide_denial#Chom...

• hutzlibu 5y ago
  I 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 ago
    Are we reading the same quote? He is calling reporting about the genocide propaganda.
    • hutzlibu 5y ago
      I am reading, he is calling some reporting possible propaganda.
    • skavi 5y ago
      the best propaganda is the correct truth, no?
      • BrazzVuvuzela 5y ago
        Correct, but Chomsky wanted people to believe it was lies.
        • hutzlibu 5y ago
          Because 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.