I am new to this biofuels group but can't help wondering why so few people talk about biofuels?
Dom Amato ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Addison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 1:40 PM Subject: RE: [biofuel] Behind the Great Divide > Hello Harley > > >Keith: > > > >Interesting Article. > > I thought it was weak, so did Hakan. But it's a start I guess. > > >It is hard to believe the line "the "liberal" U.S. > >media are strikingly conservative - and in this case hawkish.". The US > >news media is so liberal, that it is hard to think of them in any other way. > > Try, Harley, try - it just ain't so. Here's an excerpt, below, from > Eric Alterman's book "What Liberal Media?" > > http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=15187 > What Liberal Media? > By Eric Alterman, The Nation > February 14, 2003 > Editor's Note: This article was adapted from Eric Alterman's newly > released book, What Liberal Media? The Truth About Bias and the News > (Basic), published in February. > > It's a good piece, 3,800 words, give it a read. > > You might try this piece too, though you might not agree with much of it. > > http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=15217 > Media Mythbusters > By Bill Berkowitz, WorkingForChange.com > February 20, 2003 > > Best > > Keith > > > >I am not swayed over, but my perspective has changed a little. > > > >Harley > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Keith Addison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 11:41 AM > > To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: [biofuel] Behind the Great Divide > > > > > > A bit weak, especially for Krugman... but it's a start, maybe about > > the maximum-sized bite the average cable-viewer could chew on without > > choking. > > > > Keith > > > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/18/opinion/18KRUG.html > > > > Behind the Great Divide > > By PAUL KRUGMAN > > > > There has been much speculation why Europe and the U.S. are suddenly > > at such odds. Is it about culture? About history? But I haven't seen > > much discussion of an obvious point: We have different views partly > > because we see different news. > > > > Let's back up. Many Americans now blame France for the chill in > > U.S.-European relations. There is even talk of boycotting French > > products. > > > > But France's attitude isn't exceptional. Last Saturday's huge > > demonstrations confirmed polls that show deep distrust of the Bush > > administration and skepticism about an Iraq war in all major European > > nations, whatever position their governments may take. In fact, the > > biggest demonstrations were in countries whose governments are > > supporting the Bush administration. > > > > There were big demonstrations in America too. But distrust of the > > U.S. overseas has reached such a level, even among our British > > allies, that a recent British poll ranked the U.S. as the world's > > most dangerous nation - ahead of North Korea and Iraq. > > > > So why don't other countries see the world the way we do? News > > coverage is a large part of the answer. Eric Alterman's new book, > > "What Liberal Media?" doesn't stress international comparisons, but > > the difference between the news reports Americans and Europeans see > > is a stark demonstration of his point. At least compared with their > > foreign counterparts, the "liberal" U.S. media are strikingly > > conservative - and in this case hawkish. > > > > I'm not mainly talking about the print media. There are differences, > > but the major national newspapers in the U.S. and the U.K. at least > > seem to be describing the same reality. > > > > Most people, though, get their news from TV - and there the > > difference is immense. The coverage of Saturday's antiwar rallies was > > a reminder of the extent to which U.S. cable news, in particular, > > seems to be reporting about a different planet than the one covered > > by foreign media. > > > > What would someone watching cable news have seen? On Saturday, news > > anchors on Fox described the demonstrators in New York as "the usual > > protesters" or "serial protesters." CNN wasn't quite so dismissive, > > but on Sunday morning the headline on the network's Web site read > > "Antiwar rallies delight Iraq," and the accompanying picture showed > > marchers in Baghdad, not London or New York. > > > > This wasn't at all the way the rest of the world's media reported > > Saturday's events, but it wasn't out of character. For months both > > major U.S. cable news networks have acted as if the decision to > > invade Iraq has already been made, and have in effect seen it as > > their job to prepare the American public for the coming war. > > > > So it's not surprising that the target audience is a bit blurry about > > the distinction between the Iraqi regime and Al Qaeda. Surveys show > > that a majority of Americans think that some or all of the Sept. 11 > > hijackers were Iraqi, while many believe that Saddam Hussein was > > involved in Sept. 11, a claim even the Bush administration has never > > made. And since many Americans think that the need for a war against > > Saddam is obvious, they think that Europeans who won't go along are > > cowards. > > > > Europeans, who don't see the same things on TV, are far more inclined > > to wonder why Iraq - rather than North Korea, or for that matter Al > > Qaeda - has become the focus of U.S. policy. That's why so many of > > them question American motives, suspecting that it's all about oil or > > that the administration is simply picking on a convenient enemy it > > knows it can defeat. They don't see opposition to an Iraq war as > > cowardice; they see it as courage, a matter of standing up to the > > bullying Bush administration. > > > > There are two possible explanations for the great trans-Atlantic > > media divide. One is that European media have a pervasive > > anti-American bias that leads them to distort the news, even in > > countries like the U.K. where the leaders of both major parties are > > pro-Bush and support an attack on Iraq. The other is that some U.S. > > media outlets - operating in an environment in which anyone who > > questions the administration's foreign policy is accused of being > > unpatriotic - have taken it as their assignment to sell the war, not > > to present a mix of information that might call the justification for > > war into question. > > > > So which is it? I've reported, you decide. > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> New Yahoo! Mail Plus. More flexibility. More control. More power. 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