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p.s. here are those 9 pages -> http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2002/iraq/documents/page1.html -----Original Message----- From: casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk [mailto:casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk] On Behalf Of Rania Masri Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 2:56 PM To: 'CASI discussion list' Subject: [casi] thoughts on the latest media spin [ Presenting plain-text part of multi-format email ] Dear List, A few hours ago, I was interviewed on Fox National News (for those of you unfamiliar with this station, they are a right-wing, conservative “news” agency that likes to parade itself as the voice of fairness – they are also the news service that is watched in the White House). It was the usual hawkish host interrupting the guest (in this case, me). The important part of it was that Fox (as other media services have done) has obtained the first 9 pages of Iraq’s 11,087 pages on its weapons systems. The host was quoting from those pages as “evidence” that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction. (My attempts to explain that these are the weapons that have been destroyed were futile). A new media spin – using Iraq’s destroyed weapons dossier as “evidence” of what Iraq has. All the best, _Rania Masri p We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes. - Ella Baker ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Rañia Masri, Ph.D. Director, Southern Peace Research and Education Center Institute for Southern Studies http://www.southernstudies.org rania@southernstudies.org Fax: (919) 419.8315 2009 Chapel Hill Rd. Durham, North Carolina 27707 _______________________________________________ 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