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From: ekrell@ucla-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Myers on nrh on "untrue propaganda"
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Date: Tue, 17-Dec-85 13:26:39 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 17 13:26:39 1985
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In article <1788@uwmacc.UUCP> myers@uwmacc.UUCP (Latitudinarian Lobster) writes:
>
>Now, the usenet article in question was a vague reference to a Mexican
>TV report received in the US.  I know nothing about the station or program
>in question.

The station is TELEVISA, their national TV network. The program in question
is their daily evening news program called "24 Horas" (24 Hours) which
has been on the air for over a decade and has won many international
awards because of their good journalism. In fact, they were one of the
three recipients of last year's journalism awards by Spain's King Juan
Carlos, a prestigious international award.
Enough said, I think the reader gets the point about their credibility.

>I argued that an EPS massacre of civilians is totally inconsistent with
>recent Nicaraguan history -- Gil Neiger went on to point out the contra
>practice (which they probably learned from the movie, *Where Eagles Dare*)
>of dressing up in captured uniforms to commit atrocities, which makes a
>great deal of historical sense.

But not in this case. The journalist asked them whether they knew for sure
if the attackers were real soldiers and their answer was affirmative.

> A trip to Nicaragua Libre will
>do alot towards breaking you out of the US powers-that-be paradigm, if
>you will only take the chance.

Contra sympathizers have gone to Nicaragua and they have said upon
returning that they will support even more strongly the contras.
But of course, you and they are in no neutral position so if I wanted
an objective report on Nicaragua, I wouldn't ask you nor them.
-- 
    Eduardo Krell               UCLA Computer Science Department
    ekrell@ucla-locus.arpa      ..!{sdcrdcf,ihnp4,trwspp,ucbvax}!ucla-cs!ekrell