--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "L B Shriver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Again, I must politely disagree. The "press" rarely touches upon the inner dynamics of > history or current events, and has in fact been skillfully manipulated to preserve the myth > of Noble America. It takes time to put together a more accurate history and reading of > current events, and one must draw on many sources that "mainstream Americans" almost > never consult.
Someone posted the Nobel Prize for Literature Speech by the current or recent winner. A lot of it focussed on the Reagan supported Qantra war against the democratically elected Sandanistas in Nicuragua. It prompted me to do some additioanl reading. Though this period occurred during my adulthood, I was busy with career at the time and only had a bit of a summary view of it all. When you dig into it, its pretty repulsive. > What has happened within the past few years is just that the current administration has > exacerbated the deeply-rooted fascist trends within this country and made it harder to > deny them. While I have perhaps a stricter def of fascism than you, and may quibble on the use of that word as the best word, I agree that the manipulation, spin, control of news in this adminsitration has sunk t new lows. But a big part of the problem is not the white house, not corporate concentaration of media, but the "press" it self. Its astounding and scary how Judy Miller almost single handly, blindly, dupely, took us to war in Iraq. (yes thats an exageration, but a case could be made that absent judy miller, the us may not have had the support to invade iraq.) Where the F was management at the NYTs? And your point of 50% americans thinking that Saddam blew up the towers is shocking. And to think that after the debacle of Iraq, the clear lies or incompetance that lead us their (WMD), the inept post invasion managment, the illiterate and barely verbal nature of the president -- that the american public could re-elect him is mind-blowing. But then again, in just a year, the public has caught on and his popularity is in the 30's. > Many decades of conditioning have to be overcome in order to see this. Its true, I beleive, that the American myth is taught and indoctrinated in k1-12 texts and classes. At least it was when i grew up, was when my niece was in school, and I suspect it still is - but perhaps some progress has been made. Though "Intellignet Design" makes you wonder. KH posted some articles by a great "realist" historian (Howard Zinn)-- with popular books suitable for HS. But lamented its hard to teach "real" stuff, because so much of the myth is part of the indoctrinated and dogmatic ciriculum. http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Zinn/HZinn_page.html And one of the oddest and IMO funny, tho scary things is that media in the us is generally a US news org. By definition its an oxymoron. Its not reporting the "real" news, it reporting how OUR troops are doing, etc. How can you objectively report a conflict if you take sides from the outset. It is a painful > process. Not everyone wants to do it. No problem. Life is short, but time will sort this > question out for future historians. I think things could tip either way -- at least for a while. But per prior post, I am cautiously optimistic. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Need Help? Get Help! Tools and Strategies for Healthy Drug-Free Living</a>. http://us.click.yahoo.com/wI.OUB/dbOLAA/d1hLAA/0NYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
