-Caveat Lector- Subj: [TomPaine.Com] The Patriotic Duty of the Press Date: 9/26/01 6:18:17 AM Central Daylight Time >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> New at TomPaine.com >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.TomPaine.com INDEPENDENCE and SKEPTICISM The Patriotic Duty of the Press Public support for the War on Terrorism flows from the still-raw wounds of September 11. But if President Bush wants to keep that support, he would be wise to ensure the Pentagon refrains from the media manipulation it practiced during Desert Storm - excluding reporters from the battlefield, overstating successes, minimizing or ignoring mistakes, and sanitizing visual images. Journalists have a duty to resist official spin even when some secrecy is justified. A free press must "serve the governed, not the governors," said Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black. Journalists will best serve the national interest by maintaining a patriotic skepticism and by asserting their independence to report the war with or without Pentagon cooperation. Read our new op ad... http://www.tompaine.com/img/op_ad_010926_large.jpg.jpg ...and read our Op-Ad Features... DESERT STORM DISINFORMATION Will Truth Again Be the First Casualty? Jacqueline E. Sharkley, from the Public i (www.Public-i.org) During the Gulf War, the Pentagon practiced "news management" in order to control the story. The generals excluded reporters from the battlefield, overstated successes, minimized or ignored mistakes, and sanitized visual images. http://www.tompaine.com/news/2001/09/25/index.html ENOUGH IS ENOUGH Journalists Must Resist the Military's Attempts at Absolute Secrecy Jane Kirtley, from Media Studies Journal (www.FreedomForum.org) "Experience has shown that the military, given the opportunity, will do everything possible to use the media as instruments of propaganda, to shape public opinion and to garner support." http://www.tompaine.com/news/2001/09/24/1.html LESSONS FROM KOSOVO When the Media and the Military Butt Heads James Kitfield, from Media Studies Journal "In an age of instant communications, the problem may not be too little information but too much -- globally broadcast too quickly to permit verification and reflection, and concentrated and exploited too cleverly by government and military officials with an agenda." http://www.tompaine.com/features/2001/09/25/index.html NOTE: Free copies of the MEDIA STUDIES JOURNAL issue "Front Lines and Deadlines" are available at www.freedomforum.org (navigate to Publications section) or by sending e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] CRITICISM IS PATRIOTISM Journalists Should Not Be Cheerleaders by Joe Davidson, TomPaine.com The media has done an pretty good job since September 11, but there has been a recurrent theme that confuses patriotism and journalism, and diversity has been lacking. http://www.tompaine.com/news/2001/09/25/1.html >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Also New at TomPaine.com... >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> AIRLINE PACKAGE HARKS BACK TO CHRYSLER BAILOUT When Taxpayers Save Corporations from Themselves by John D. Donahue, TomPaine.com History may not repeat itself, Mark Twain said, but it does rhyme a lot. We're talking serious money for saving the airlines, and we'd better get it right. http://www.tompaine.com/features/2001/09/24/2.html SELLING THE ROPE THAT HANGS US by M. W. Guzy, TomPaine.com Remember Lenin's observation that a capitalist would sell you the rope to hang him if he could do so at a profit? Today, replace the word "rope" with "encryption." AUDIO and TEXT -- produced by Sharon Basco http://www.tompaine.com/features/2001/09/24/1.html BIN LADEN EXPERIMENTING WITH CYANIDE AND NUKE-WASTE A Talk to the Pew International Journalism Program "Bin Laden's hatred of the U.S. began during the Gulf War when U.S. troops entered Saudi Arabia, an act bin Laden viewed as sacrilegious" http://www.tompaine.com/features/2001/09/24/index.html * * * <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. 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