Off Topic... Just blogged this:
PINOCHET: A Declassified Documentary - The National Security Archive
http://leighm.net/blog/?p=775
Jim Devine quotes Rui Correia:
Scandals and fanatic sensationalism there is aplenty, but where is
the deep
thought analysis?
it's likely done in media outlets aimed at the actual decision-makers,
like the power elite.
.
After the scandals and fanatic sensationalism, wouldn't you like a
nice... 'Ovaltine' and a 'Beanie Baby to snuggle?
How about a day at the spa, a good stiff drink(which is why alcohol
advertising is limited in most mass media, it works *too* well), getting
laid by a girl who looks like a size 0 starlet, getting laid at all?
Or, as Fee Waybill of The Tubes put it, "...how about a Winnebago? A
WHOLE herd of Winnebagos! Weeeee're givin' 'em away!"
A while back, in Emigre' magazine, which was sort of a precursor
non-glossy Adbusters, it was noted that the upper middle class and rich
are more suceptible to advertising on T.V., especially advertising at
the extreme edges of content like 'Ovaltine fuzzy slippers comfort, or
at the other end, a wild snowboarding weekend in the Alps with a size 0 ho.
However, imho, the power elite aren't part of that group, they are too
busy watching how they *appear* ON T.V. to better 'frame' their image,
and to keep up with current events as they appear to the rest of the
society.
My rough guess is TV watching time for someone like Henry Kissenger or
Bill Gates is extermely limited and they are quite specific in the
information they are looking for when they DO watch.
BTW Rui, the subject line in that 9/9/2006 message was:
Winning a small battle in the *Looong* war, the information war
Not Loon war... although it *could* make kids loony (a factor in autism
for a start)
Funny, I write the subject lines that way on purpose, especially with
news stories where a one line 'zinger' comment is enough, and also to
give an inking of content.
Unlike:
[PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] Re:
[PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] Re:
[PEN-L] Re: Iran’s New Power Balance
Here's the loony war post:
>
> 3. ABC/Disney also planned to distribute the historically false
> "Path to 9/11" to more than 25,000 American classrooms, via
> lesson plans created by Scholastic -- the world's largest
> publisher of children's books -- with whom Disney has lucrative
> content sharing deals. The study guide suggested that former
> Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein had a role in the Sept. 11, 2001,
> terrorist attacks. Yesterday, Scholastic cancelled distribution
> after thousands wrote the company to complain.
.
Greetings,
ABC's plan to air an inaccurate 9-11 "docudrama" has ignited
public outrage with hundreds of thousands of people sending
letters to Disney headquarters and local ABC stations to protest
their willful distortion of history.
These media protests have had an impact, but the root problem
will remain unless we act now to stop media giants from becoming
even more powerful.
Rampant media consolidation over the last two decades has put
control over the media in the hands of a few large corporations.
We see it in action now.
Local stations have been instructed by ABC -- and its corporate
owners at Disney -- to air "The Path to 9/11" a five-hour
"docudrama" that is riddled with falsehoods about events that
lead to the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Disney is set to wield reckless control over local television
for ratings and political gain. Media ownership matters. It is
time to rollback rampant media consolidation and defend localism
and public service.
Tell the FCC to Stop Big Media's Abuse of the Airwaves:
http://action.freepress.net/ct/QpwFY8d19uJb/
"The Path to 9/11" reportedly features a series of fictionalized
scenes, written by a right-wing activist, that are in direct
conflict with the bi-partisan 9-11 Commission's report. Now,
Disney is forcing local broadcasters to air these falsehoods in
our communities.
The Federal Communications Commission is poised to give
companies like Disney even more power over our airwaves. FCC
Chairman Kevin Martin has asked the public to comment on his
plans to let conglomerates like Disney buy up even more of our
local stations. Tell Disney and the Chairman Martin that enough
is enough:
Petition Link: http://action.freepress.net/ct/QpwFY8d19uJb/
No matter your politics, we should all embrace the public's
right to have a strong voice in how the broadcasters use our
airwaves. Sadly, the local station owners that are most
responsive to our interests are being pushed around by
conglomerates like Disney.
It's time that the FCC responded to the public and limited Big
Media's damaging influence on our democracy.
Onward,
Timothy Karr
Campaign Director
Free Press
http://action.freepress.net/ct/R1wFY8d19uJ6/
P.S. -- To learn more, visit
http://action.freepress.net/ct/Q1wFY8d19uJ5/, a broad-based
coalition of consumer advocates, public interest, media reform,
organized labor and other groups that have joined together to
fight runaway media consolidation. To learn more about the
controversy surrounding the ABC "docudrama," visit:
http://action.freepress.net/ct/PpwFY8d19uJv/
P.P.S. -- Disney Plays Politics:
1. While Disney is marketing "Path to 9/11" as an accurate
retelling of the 9-11 Commission it also claims that "for
dramatic and narrative purposes, the movie contains
fictionalized scenes, composite and representative characters
and dialogue, and time compression." It's so rife with
falsehoods that an FBI agent who was brought in to consult on
the docudrama quit because, he said, "they were making things
up."
2. The docudrama's scriptwriter -- a noted conservative --
admits that the film's most controversial scene -- where a
Clinton administration official passes up an opportunity to kill
Osama Bin Ladin -- was based on nothing at all, telling a
right-wing radio station that the scene was "improvised."
3. ABC/Disney also planned to distribute the historically false
"Path to 9/11" to more than 25,000 American classrooms, via
lesson plans created by Scholastic -- the world's largest
publisher of children's books -- with whom Disney has lucrative
content sharing deals. The study guide suggested that former
Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein had a role in the Sept. 11, 2001,
terrorist attacks. Yesterday, Scholastic cancelled distribution
after thousands wrote the company to complain.
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