From: Charles Hixson (charleshixsn@earthlink.net)
Date: Sun Apr 13 2003 - 21:40:04 MDT
Keith Elis wrote:
>Anders Sandberg:
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>
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>>You might remember my speculation before the war
>>that Saddam was not that good at media manipulation.
>>The dear minister seems to have proven it
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>His claims were, of course, mostly transparent to the West. I mean, his
>sound bites were juxtaposed with pictures of what was really going on....
>
Please do remember just how thoroughly those pictures were manipulated,
and, mainly, selected. Not that there's anything unusual about that.
(If you've ever been at an event, and then later seen it reported on TV,
or in the newspapers, you'll know what I mean.)
The truth wears a thousand faces. We can only survive by abstracting
what is "relevant". But the one choosing what is relevant, does so for
their reasons, and unless that's you, they aren't your reasons.
(Usually the news is, or appears to be, processed for "entertainment
value".)
The Iraqi minister of information may have done a lousy job, but the
editors at CNN and Fox (and others) are much more highly skilled, and do
the same job. But they are sufficiently skilled, that it's hard to notice.
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