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>According to the occupying powers, the correct >word is 'advice' - not censorship. In any case, >broadcasts are supervised by members of the US >government. Of course not censorship. Forget that Bush has hired top TV producers for his appearances; forget that he spends tons of money on special lighting to illuminate the Statue of Liberty and stages speeches with dramatic backdrops like the Mount Rushmore monument; forget that he landed on an aircraft carrier in a fighter plane in what commentators have said was a masterpiece of dramatically staged PR, and regularly has professionals arrange backdrops for speeches -- even to having Republican party members remove their ties to look like laboring people; forget that the corporate news has somehow managed to support Bush despite the facts; forget the charges that even intelligence was manipulated (or worse) to sell the war to the public and the UN -- but no, no, of course the Bush administration would never think to manipulate the media in Iraq. Yeah -- right...!! ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! _______________________________________________ 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