The objectives are clear….. the propaganda war is in full effect! (Affects late 80’s rapster pose) CNN reports for war duty. The head of CNN, Walter Isaacson, tells his reporters to make sure they emphasize why we’re bombing Afghanistan (ok, well, Afghan civilians at least) in the first place! They started it!
- “As we get good reports from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, we must redouble our efforts to make sure we do not seem to be simply reporting from their vantage or perspective. We must talk about how the Taliban are using civilian shields and how the Taliban have harbored the terrorists responsible for killing close to 5,000 innocent people.”
For those of you who cannot read between the lines I will translate:
- Do not report on civilian casualties. Stay on message: America good. Taliban bad.
Anyone interested in the working relationship between the supposed free media and the corporate/government power structure should read or watch Noam Chomsky’s Manufacturing Consent.
I can’t for the life of me figure out why CNN is trying to compete with FoxNews for the same viewers. FoxNews is so insipid and without value. It is worse than unwatchable. I have severe reservations about anyone who enjoys watching it. Not to mention the fact that few FoxNews viewers find significant, the fact that Rupert Murdoch and some other luminaries of the Right Wing have extremely cozy relations with the brutal Communist government of The People’s Republic of China. (Exhibit a, b, c) Just goes to show how the American religion of Capitalism has no respect for morality, freedom, or humanity. In fact, American corporatism has much in common with Chinese-style communism.
