I took it to mean invent. As in "manufactured out of whole cloth," which is a phrase usually denoting something that was invented and not truthful.
Also, when you manufacture something, you are generally taking raw material and turning it into something it is not, like taking metal, plastic and rubber to manufacture a car. The news media, by and large, does not take raw materials and turn them into something they are not, so in this context, manufacture sounds like you're saying the media lies. H. -----Original Message----- From: Maureen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 2:07 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Massive blasts rock Central Jerusalem :( At 06:36 AM 12/7/01 Benjamin wrote: >The stories are manufactured. This does not mean that they were invented out >of thin air and not based of some kind of 'reality'. By manufactured I mean >taken from a source, selective information and bias opinions constucted, >edited down to have a punchy feel, music, special effect and voice over >add... final product presented to the consumers as 'news'. This is the >process of news manufacturing. This process is referred to as news packaging or production. 'Manufacturing' usually implies 'making it up'. Perhaps that was not the context in which you meant it, but that is the common usage of the term, and obviously the cause of the confusion between you and Beth. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
