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Subj: [TomPaine.Com] The Patriotic Duty of the Press
Date: 9/26/01 6:18:17 AM Central Daylight Time
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INDEPENDENCE and SKEPTICISM
The Patriotic Duty of the Press
Public support for the War on Terrorism flows from the still-raw wounds
of September 11.
But if President Bush wants to keep that support, he would be wise to
ensure the Pentagon refrains from the media manipulation it practiced
during Desert Storm - excluding reporters from the battlefield,
overstating successes, minimizing or ignoring mistakes, and sanitizing
visual images.
Journalists have a duty to resist official spin even when some secrecy
is justified. A free press must "serve the governed, not the governors,"
said Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black.
Journalists will best serve the national interest by maintaining a
patriotic skepticism and by asserting their independence to report the
war with or without Pentagon cooperation.
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DESERT STORM DISINFORMATION
Will Truth Again Be the First Casualty?
Jacqueline E. Sharkley, from the Public i (www.Public-i.org)
During the Gulf War, the Pentagon practiced "news management" in
order to control the story. The generals excluded reporters from the
battlefield, overstated successes, minimized or ignored mistakes, and
sanitized visual images.
http://www.tompaine.com/news/2001/09/25/index.html
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
Journalists Must Resist the Military's Attempts at Absolute Secrecy
Jane Kirtley, from Media Studies Journal (www.FreedomForum.org)
"Experience has shown that the military, given the opportunity, will
do everything possible to use the media as instruments of propaganda, to
shape public opinion and to garner support."
http://www.tompaine.com/news/2001/09/24/1.html
LESSONS FROM KOSOVO
When the Media and the Military Butt Heads
James Kitfield, from Media Studies Journal
"In an age of instant communications, the problem may not be too
little information but too much -- globally broadcast too quickly to
permit verification and reflection, and concentrated and exploited too
cleverly by government and military officials with an agenda."
http://www.tompaine.com/features/2001/09/25/index.html
NOTE: Free copies of the MEDIA STUDIES JOURNAL issue "Front Lines and
Deadlines" are available at www.freedomforum.org (navigate to
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CRITICISM IS PATRIOTISM
Journalists Should Not Be Cheerleaders
by Joe Davidson, TomPaine.com
The media has done an pretty good job since September 11, but there
has been a recurrent theme that confuses patriotism and journalism, and
diversity has been lacking.
http://www.tompaine.com/news/2001/09/25/1.html
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History may not repeat itself, Mark Twain said, but it does rhyme a
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better get it right.
http://www.tompaine.com/features/2001/09/24/2.html
SELLING THE ROPE THAT HANGS US
by M. W. Guzy, TomPaine.com
Remember Lenin's observation that a capitalist would sell you the
rope to hang him if he could do so at a profit? Today, replace the word
"rope" with "encryption."
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http://www.tompaine.com/features/2001/09/24/1.html
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"Bin Laden's hatred of the U.S. began during the Gulf War when U.S.
troops entered Saudi Arabia, an act bin Laden viewed as sacrilegious"
http://www.tompaine.com/features/2001/09/24/index.html
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