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From: stu3@mhuxh.UUCP (Mark Modig)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: ...free press <> impartial press
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Date: Mon, 19-Nov-84 16:38:22 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 19 16:38:22 1984
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>> Well, the Reagan administration just admitted that there were not MIG 21's
>> on the Burkiana.  But that won't matter because the charge has served its
>> purpose-to put people into a warlike mood against Nicaragua.
>
>	I wonder why Reagan administration's admission that they were not MIGs
>	didn't get as much coverage by the press as did his accusations
>	earlier that they were.
>
>	Maybe that says something about the alleged "impartiality" of
>	the American press.
>
>								- raghu
>
Hmmm... dunno where you got this from.  I found this out the
Thursday after the election; it was in the paper and on the evening
news.  I usually read the
paper in the morning and try to watch at least a little news on the
tube at night--- lulls me into thinking I am well informed.  Plus,
if there is something going on that really catches my interest, I
usually will make a greater than usual effort to keep informed.

Besdies, I have never been under the illusion that the American
press and media were impartial; just that they seem to have an
extraordinary amount of freedom to decide what they will and will
not cover and how they will cover it.  This is one of the reasons I
don't like to depend solely on the morning paper or the nightly news
to stay informed.

Mark Modig
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