I did say centuries, Maureen ;) And I have read Shogun, actually. On your other point, well, depending on your definition of propaganda I might agree with you, but in that case pretty much all news coverage out there is propaganda. I suspect you are thinking of, I dunno, a staged demonstration maybe. Not that this doesn't go on. But you know. Press conference? Article in the New Yorker or something? The way MSM is, if you don't have some sort of event taking place within the news cycle, it's not going to make the news. Definitely not broadcast and probably not written either.
I think you could make an argument that all news coverage is propaganda if you wanted, but I would not. I was just getting tired of hearing whines about what never gets covered and made a suggestion as to how to help that happen ;) On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 8:28 AM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > If someone "creates" a news event, it's not news, it's propaganda. > Corruption in government appointments has existed as long as > government has existed. Look at the intrigue of some of the European > royal courts. Or read Shogun for a view of what happens in other > countries. > > On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 7:52 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > problem is, it's not news. If you want coverage, get someone to denounce > > this or otherwise create a news event. It's not good but it's been going > on > > for years. Decades. Maybe centuries. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:347407 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
