On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 10:39 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 12:52 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> We’d get issues sometimes in the Peace Corps, along with the >> international edition of Newsweek. Both were extremely partisan, poorly >> edited, and just shy of propaganda. >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4BQi2gTTufe36JEnzd%3D3E5m8%3DZFML-F26xfoSVb2NCbjQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> > > I used to get Newsweek International in the late 1980s when I lived on a > kibbutz in northern Israel and I liked it. It was written for international > businesspeople and it gave a better snapshot of what was going on in the > world than domestic Newsweek did. > In 2002-2003, the only time anyone with brown skin appeared on the cover of Newsweek Int., they were a terrorist or holding a gun or both. They were anti-Islamic, and it was embarrassing for me to be living in a Muslim country and getting that in the mail. > > As for Stars & Stripes, if Trump is shutting it down it's because of some > tantrum he is having over some of its coverage. But I can't imagine being > on a military base with a smartphone or tablet, having instant access to > all manner of news, and paying any attention to a printed newspaper. In > terms of journalism if the editors have to answer to senior officers, and > as it comes from the Pentagon they do, then they have no ability to talk > truth to power and that impacts their usefulness. > I’m not sure what the editorial hierarchy is at S&S, but as the world was unreservedly against the US invading and decimating Afghanistan, the paper offered no evidence of that... the troops were great, the commanders were great, mission accomplished, and all that. Admittedly, most if not all US media acted the same way, but coming from S&S felt especially manipulative. There really needs to be journalism about the military but it also has to > be independent so that if reporters want to cover drug addiction, suicides, > sexual misconduct, or any other difficult parts of military life they can > be credible. > > As part of the general corruption of this administration Trump is putting > cronies in charge of legacy government communication outfits and they are > broadcasting party propaganda instead of US propaganda. The Voice of > America is a good example. What I don't understand is why we still have a > Voice of America. The idea we had when I was young of people behind the > Iron Curtain listening on their transistor radios is long obsolete. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHBZKJ6M1FZ0Urv0ORVaxn9MS1gcG-6604ZARDn5rj_vQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHBZKJ6M1FZ0Urv0ORVaxn9MS1gcG-6604ZARDn5rj_vQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4BO7xH5fJzfk7QziR9AdpDCg9aOpzJbMMi%3DP1vuaGVbKw%40mail.gmail.com.
