Chris Doss wrote:
>For the NYT or WP, everything bad that happens in
>China or Russia is the result of a nefarious plot
>hatched in Beijing or Moscow. For the life of me I
>can't understand why people who would be
>hypersceptical over these papers' coverage of, say,
>Venezuela cite them as impeachable sources on other
>parts of the world.
Louis Proyect replied:
>This comes as no surprise.
C'mon, cut it out.
If you aren't surprised, then perhaps you should "not answer" at all?
End the dialogue? Work to end his verbal oppression through action?
Refuse to consent to his comment? Overcome?
Yet you continue:
>You have stated publicly on LBO-Talk that
>censorship was not a problem in the USSR
>and that people could read whatever they
>want. You also quote liberally from the ,
>which fails to meet Rupert Murdoch's
>standards by all accounts.
"Putinite press" -- You quote from all kinds of things, yourself, Louis.
As suits your needs. The news media is not monolithic. The owners are.
Because you've never been published in newsmedia, you may not understand
the pressure. The staff are just like other workers. So spare me your
blanket generalizations.
> the Monthly Review article I was reviewing
Another book report from Louis. (No need, here, of course, for blanket
generalizations here about the class of people contributing to the
Monthly Review.)
>Finally, it does not surprise me that you would take
>the side of the Chinese government against an investigative
>piece that ran in the NY Times.
Heh. It doesn't surprise me you like the NY Times.
You liberal, you. :)
Ken.
--
He couldn't figure out how to pour piss
from a boot if the instructions were
written on the heel.
-- Lyndon Johnson
