From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Sun Apr 13 2003 - 10:19:48 MDT
spike66 wrote,
> Harvey Newstrom wrote:
> > spike66 wrote,
> >
> >>Far more than in the past, the current Arab conflict is
> >>an information war. Politicians are not so much struggling
> >>with each other as news media are struggling with each other.
> >>The most dramatic losers so far:... and CNN.
> >>
> >>Winners: FoxNews, who got it pretty much right.
> >
> > What exactly are you talking about? Harvey Newstrom
>
> I am referring to the admission by the head of CNN
> that the news agency suppressed negative information
> about Saddam for years in exchange for access. That
> will hurt them. spike
Fair enough. I thought you were saying they published false news, and I
couldn't remember any. But deliberately refraining from publishing the
truth is far worse in my opinion. I know that the theory was that it would
endanger secret operatives for the new to get out. But that is a slippery
slope that ends up suppressing any news that is negative toward the
government.
I agree with your assessment on this one.
-- Harvey Newstrom, CISSP, IAM, GSEC <www.HarveyNewstrom.com>
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