The problem is there is no popular outlet for newly discovered history that is not also a news outlet.
On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 9:55 AM, P N Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sep 17, 2010, at 9:18 AM, John Sessoms wrote: > >> From: Steven Desjardins >>> >>> Let me clarify. I'm not as upset with Withers as I am with Hoover. >>> I'm an American citizen and taxpayer and they still have a large >>> building in DC named after that @#...@#. As long as he is honored in >>> that fashion he's fair game. Not that I feel strongly about this . . >>> . >> >> The importance of the story is in the way it seems to have side-tracked, >> for the moment, the larger story of how the national security apparatus has >> been used, and is being used >> >> ... and how do we balance personal freedom with security. >> > You can't achieve a perfect balance. Remember how the Bush administration > was bashed for "not connecting the dots" prior to 9/11? Connecting those > dots requires a great deal of close scrutiny. So far no one has impinged on > my freedom to live the way I choose, so I'm content. > > But the story in the Memphis paper and as picked up by the Times is about > Withers. The fact that he was an informant is newsworthy. Hoover's misdeeds > have been covered extensively. They're history now, not news. Still > important, but not news. > > Paul > >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
