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From: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton)
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Subject: Re: Air raid on Libya
Message-ID: <527@looking.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 22-Apr-86 15:13:44 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr 22 15:13:44 1986
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Reply-To: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton)
Organization: Looking Glass Software Ltd. Waterloo, Ontario
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In article <1200001@ztivax.UUCP> david@ztivax.UUCP writes:
>
>Well, I doubt that you will find people in America who share your
>views, because the brainwashing there is getting rather complete.  I
>wonder if the coverage on European news stations even made it to the
>US.  It certainly was not on the US propaganda stations here (W.
>Germany).  There was basically no coverage on either the Voice Of
>America (well, only to say that the White House had recieved
>congratulations from its allies on the sucessful action against
>Libya!!!) or on the Armed Forced Radio (there was a thirty second
>report saying an attack had been made on Libya, that two missiles
>fired on a LORAN station in the Med boith fell harmlessly into the
>sea, AND THAT WAS IT!!!)

This is an unfair judgement of the US media.  I don't live in the USA,
but I have access to all U.S. media.  Things like VOR and Armed Forces
Radio are state propaganda arms that are essentially unlistened to on
the North American Continent.  Listening to them just makes me glad I
don't live in a country with only state controlled media.

U.S. networks spent their entire news programs covering every angle of
the raids, including coverage of the destroyed houses and killed children.
They had long additional programs every night, delaying other programming.

U.S. media have made and toppled presidents. 
In my opinion the fact that two networks moved their anchor to Manilla
for a few days toppled Marcos.  He tried election violations that may
be the order of the day in many countries, but are simply impossible with
any form of free press.

There are many bad things you can say about the US media, but they are
still among the best in the world, and they are certainly not controlled
by the President.

Mr. Reagan's record on foreign policy has much to criticise, but his attack
on Libya is quite far down on the list.
>
>And for all of this, Raygun is very popular.  Goes to show how far the
>brainwashing has progressed.  Just look at the popular movies in the
>US to see the general attitude.  Rambo, Rocky, Phantom Commando, etc.,
>etc., etc.  "Kill those guys, they are the Enemy!!!!!!!!!!!"

Plus academy award winners like "The Killing Fields", "Missing", "The
Year of Living Dangerously" and many others.  Many of these films may
not have been made in Hollywood, but there were popular in the USA.  All
in all, Americans would rather see a film about a teenager who goes back
in time to meet his parents than a film about Sylvester Stallone shooting
the Viet Cong.
>
>When these things happen, it makes me very glad i no longer live in
>the USA.
>

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Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software Ltd. - Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473