On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 1:56 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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. > I will admit my sensibilities were different back then and I could well have had a blind spot about Newsweek biases. I do remember that they covered domestic stories in Asia and Africa but those stories might have been aimed at informing investors rather than letting people tell their own stories. > >> 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. > Whatever caused the Pentagon to announce the shutdown of Stars & Stripes, Trump caved to pressure and reverswed the decision: https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2020-09-04/after-criticism-trump-says-pentagon-will-not-shut-down-military-newspaper -- 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-FiHjCXrr_0TJOH45ki3BOEBcyCAhq-Gmg4bncfWdF3YU3w%40mail.gmail.com.
