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- From: f_gautjw@ccsvax.sfasu.edu
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- Subject: RE: India and Afghanistan
- Message-ID: <1992Dec26.220919.2237@ccsvax.sfasu.edu>
- Date: 26 Dec 92 22:09:19 CST
- References: <1992Dec21.150132.2221@ccsvax.sfasu.edu> <D2qBwB1w165w@netlink.cts.com>
- Organization: Stephen F. Austin State University
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- In article <D2qBwB1w165w@netlink.cts.com>, galan@netlink.cts.com (Greg Gross) writes:
- > 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]
- >>
- > 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.
-
-
- I certainly don't have any quarrel with your latter statement. But I
- consider the standard media fare in the US to be very much controlled.
- Since this matter has been discussed at length from time to time on
- this and related newsgroups, I won't rehash the matter except to make
- a few observations. Reports of events in Kashmir are very sparse indeed
- even though Kashmir is a very eventful place right now. It is an
- extreme hot spot for igniting real trouble between Moslem and Hindu
- with repercussions throughout the Middle East and elsewhere. Control
- is suggested by absence of any interest, much less any news. It is
- the responsibility of our press to keep us informed and we are kept
- ignorant except for the occasional morsels we can scrounge for ourselves.
- It has been suggested that the subtle control we are subjected to is
- a function of a news cartel with ownership tightly held in a few hands
- which cooperates with government/intelligence agencies while considering
- the interest of the financiers who can call the notes if they don't
- get the news their way compounded by the need to hustle advertising
- dollars with resultant news slants to benefit major clients. Meanwhile
- investigative reporting takes a backseat to prepackaged handouts from
- government and corporations. After all, who wants to be another Danny
- Casalaro. When a President can be assassinated in broad daylight
- and major media join in the coverup for 30 years, there is something
- seriously wrong with our press. Similar statements can be made with
- respect to Martin Luther King, Robert F. Kennedy and the attempt
- on George Wallace. We can differ about the degree of control and
- the relative importance of various causes. But whether control is
- financial or political in origin, it is still control. This is not
- to say that we don't have many dedicated people in the media working
- overtime to give us the very best. But they have one heck of an
- obstacle course to run to do it.
-
- -Joe Gaut
-