-Caveat Lector-
11/14
While tomorrow's newspapers will announce the re-election of Ukrainian
president Kuchma over his
Communist opponent, Symonenko, it's interesting to note the media's [aka
state-sponsored TV] role. Consider the following excerpts from the wires
[see references to "bias"]:
...Symonenko complained earlier about official media being biased and
stoking fears of a ``red menace.''
In recent days, state television has fed viewers a steady diet of films
painting a grim picture of the
Soviet era.
An international observer also voiced concern about the media. Dick
Thornburgh, head of the International Republican Institute delegation of
observers, said Ukraine had still to make progress in guaranteeing a
free and accessible press....
``There is a continuing concern among all observers about the way media
have been utilised on behalf of the incumbent president,'' the former
U.S. attorney-general told Reuters..
Vera Nikolayevna, 70, said she had been swayed by massive election
propaganda in favor of the president. ``Who is Symonenko? I hardly heard
or read anything about him,'' she said....<snip>
--Yuri Kulikov, "Ukraine's Kuchma Wins Election Hands Down" Sun.,
Nov. 14 8:00 PM ET,
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19991114/wl/ukraine_election_10.html
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After all, what's really the difference between [media] "propaganda" and
blatant [media] "bias"?
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