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virus: media skepticism
« on: 2003-01-30 19:40:09 » |
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I came across this interesting article referenced at www.dailyrotten.com -
the source of the Pentagon Papers was interviewed about media coverage and
investigative responsibility:
http://www.mediainfo.com/editorandpublisher/headlines/article_display.jsp?vn
u_content_id=1803569
JANUARY 28, 2003
Source of Pentagon Papers Critiques Iraq Coverage
E&P's Q&A With Daniel Ellsberg
Daniel Ellsberg has never been a journalist, but he is one of the most
important figures in the history of American journalism. His release of the
Pentagon Papers in 1971 not only sparked a landmark freedom-of-the-press
case, it changed journalism forever, ushering in an era of "leaks,"
whistle-blowers, and general skepticism about official statements.
His book, Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers, was
published to much acclaim last fall. Ellsberg is uniquely qualified to
address the issue of the media and war: as a former Marine, a Rand Corp.
analyst, and an adviser to Robert McNamara, Clark Clifford, and Henry
Kissinger on Vietnam -- not to mention as one of the most famous newspaper
sources in history. E&P Editor Greg Mitchell interviewed Ellsberg, who has
long lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, last week.
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So what exactly are the lies you say the press should be examining more
deeply?
The first lie is: Saddam represents the No. 1 danger to U.S. security in the
world. To allow the president and Rumsfeld to make that statement over and
over is akin to them saying without challenge from the press that they
accept the flat-earth theory. To say Saddam is the No. 1 danger is being
made without real challenge from the press, with few exceptions. More
dangerous than al-Qaida? North Korea? Russian nukes loose in the world? An
India-Pakistan nuclear war?
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[Michelle] Please keep in mind that this article is about the media much
more so than the facts of the current situation.
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