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Subject: RE: [Leica] FS: Special Anti-War Protest edition Leica M7
From: Daniel Ridings <daniel.ridings@muspro.uio.no>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 09:17:53 +0100 (MET)

Kit,
DO you get any coverage that isn't biased? This isn't intended to be
provocative. I'm really curious. To me all the media reflects the owners
you list below.

Notice how they just hate Al-Jazira ... a powerful, just as unbiased (as
any American media) that doesn't reflect their interests.

Daniel


On Mon, 17 Feb 2003, Kit McChesney | acmefoto wrote:

> Well, given who owns most of the major media (General Electric for NBC,
> AOLTimeWarner for CNN, Disney for ABC, Viacom for CBS), it's a wonder we get
> any coverage that isn't biased.
>
> Kit
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of bdcolen
> Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 12:05 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: RE: [Leica] FS: Special Anti-War Protest edition Leica M7
>
>
> No, Austin, I'm not kidding. Virtually anyone and everyone who has been
> watching the media with any care since 9.11 has noted how timid even
> publications such as the Washington Post and NYTimes have been in this
> climate in which anyone who criticises the administration is considered
> "unpatriotic."
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Austin
> Franklin
> Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 12:16 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: RE: [Leica] FS: Special Anti-War Protest edition Leica M7
>
>
> B.D.,
>
> > first, caution
> > (timidity) on the part of the media, fearing that if they err on the
> > side of siting too large a number, they will lose credibility with the
>
> > "establishment;"
>
> You are, of course, kidding, right?
>
> Austin
>
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