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Hi - John P has a full piece in the New Statesman (www.newstatesman.co.uk) about the preesure put on Trinity Mirror from the US after his article was published. Freedom of the press and 'democracy', RIP. best f. ---------- >From: "Bert Gedin" <gedinbert@hotmail.com> >To: casi-discuss@lists.casi.org.uk >Subject: [casi] Foxy Propaganda? >Date: Mon, Jul 15, 2002, 11:38 am > > > Dear All on List, > > Could you please help with this? Last night (Sunday, 14 July), I was, > half-heartedly, watching 'Fox News', I think at about 9.30 p.m. Then my > attention became mobilised: the (lady) newscaster decried anti-American > sentiments, expressed in the British media. The camera made, at least, > 3(!) sweeps, during the few-minutes item, of a John Pilger front-page > 'Daily Mirror' article, depicting President G.W.B. and describing the > U.S. as a "Rogue State". The newscaster spoke of U.S. financed ads, in > 'The Mirror', as well as U.S. shares. She suggested it was not a good idea, > for 'The Mirror', to "bite the hand that feeds it". > > I looked up the Fox website, today, but couldn't find this, very intriguing, > item. Should it be regarded as trivial news, or is there something more > sinister afoot, e.g. attempts to smear, or repress, free expression, and > controll the media? Is any 'puppeteer' manouvering strings, behind the > scene? I am, by the way, very much, an admirer of those exponents of genuine > journalism, who resist the war-mongering propaganda, perhaps even from Fox > News. IS ACTION CALLED FOR? > > Greetings, > Bert Gedin, Birmingham, U.K. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. > To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss > To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk > All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk > _______________________________________________ Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk