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- Subject: RE: India and Afghanistan
- From: galan@netlink.cts.com (Greg Gross)
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- References: <1992Dec21.150132.2221@ccsvax.sfasu.edu>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 92 22:11:12 PST
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- f_gautjw@ccsvax.sfasu.edu writes:
-
- > In article <NT05VB1w165w@netlink.cts.com>, galan@netlink.cts.com (Greg Gross)
- > > f_gautjw@ccsvax.sfasu.edu writes:
- >
- > [deleted]
- >
- > >> From reports I've picked up over shortwave, the situation is extremely
- > >> serious with human rights down the drain for the Moslem population.
- > >> The reports of extreme brutality are matched only by the lack of reports
- > >> on the situation in this country's controlled media.
- > >>
- > >> -Joe Gaut
- > >>
- > >
- > >
- > > whenever someone doesn't see prominent play given to some story of
- > > particular interest to *them,* someone narly automaticaly assumes that
- > > some sort of conspiracy is involved.
- > >
- > > I wonder who is "controlling" the media to block publication of stories
- > > about Kashmir...? This is ridiculous, but I know such suggestions will
- > > continue, almost invariably made by people who don't have even half a
- > > clue about how story decisions are made, or how stories are obtained in
- > > the first place.
- > > G.
- > >
- > > --
- > > Gregory Alan Gross Welcome to life, where no good deed goes unpunished
- >
- >
- > Tell them at the Kashmiri border that you are an American free lance
- > journalist and see how far into the country you get. Maybe you can do
- > better than the respected journalist, whose first hand report I heard,
- > who declared himself a tourist and feared for his safety if discovered
- > the whole time he was there. Stories in Kashmir are obtained a bit
- > differently in Kashmir these days than in San Diego.
-
-
- That stories are obtained differently in Kashmir, I have no doubt. That
- trying to obtain stories at *all* in Kashmir is difficult at best, I have
- no doubt.
-
- what I was responding to was the suggestion that the U.S. press was
- somewhat being manipulated to disregard events in Kashmir. That's what
- goes through my mind when someone refers to a "controlled" press. the
- kind of restrictions you cite are not uncommon around the world when
- someone wants to hide something. It's a major test of ingenuity and nerve
- to break through those barriers, get to the truth and bring it out.
- G.
-
- --
- Gregory Alan Gross Welcome to life, where no good deed goes unpunished.
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