tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post8069148349225697488..comments2024-03-27T13:32:06.780-02:30Comments on The Other Side of Eighty: Spin ClassesWisewebwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-42791266421242509232010-05-11T20:42:44.180-02:302010-05-11T20:42:44.180-02:30"For instance, will we ever know the truth ab..."For instance, will we ever know the truth about:<br /><br /> The JFK assassination?<br /> 9/11?<br /> The invasion of Iraq?<br /> The invasion of Afghanistan?<br /> Katrina?"<br /><br /> If someday we do know then what? It will be ancient history.We tend to believe that what happens here to be important. Do you think that the average citizen in China ,India and Africa gives a rats ass about that stuff? Its dick all on a big ship and this world is a very big ship.Government Funded Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937389348779245666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-15432226656079611132010-05-07T14:49:10.814-02:302010-05-07T14:49:10.814-02:30Filling space, meeting deadlines, and when they ca...Filling space, meeting deadlines, and when they can't get at the truth - which might well be rather undramatic anyway - hinting at what they would like us to believe, according to their own or their bosses' prejudices - that must be a day to day routine for journalists I guess. Add a few frills and a screaming headline - et voila - a story!Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-82852117762281836682010-05-07T05:35:47.701-02:302010-05-07T05:35:47.701-02:30Journos so often follow each other's assumptio...Journos so often follow each other's assumptions without doing any original investigations of their own. The result can be a widespread consensus that a few months down the line turns out to be total bullshit.nickhttp://nickhereandnow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-44739246763013773922010-05-07T04:44:14.157-02:302010-05-07T04:44:14.157-02:30*Like*
It was one of the first rules that I earne...*Like*<br /><br />It was one of the first rules that I earned when getting to an "advanced" (aged 14+) level in history - who is writing the story and what do they want you to think? <br /><br />This is pertinent throughout the history of written material (I've been re-reading my text books on Alexander the Great, which show how little you can trust writers), and is so important now when everyone seems to want to control how you think.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17965300148218903639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-62052033135310258322010-05-07T00:06:24.977-02:302010-05-07T00:06:24.977-02:30Sonny Kleinfield would never write such a story! ...Sonny Kleinfield would never write such a story! but great headline. and you just never know who to trust.lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055442432266567561noreply@blogger.com