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Subject: Re: [Leica] DEADLINE IRAQ - Uncensored Stories of the War - CBC
From: sam <sam@osheaven.net>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 20:34:18 -0500
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Wow! It almost seems that the right is more open-minded than the left.

Sam S



B. D. Colen wrote:

> Speaking off...Last night driving home from a shoot I was - God forgive
> me - listening to Matt Drudge on the radio (right-wing blowhard posing
> as hard-boiled fedora wearing reporter for those of you who've never
> heard of him.) Anyway, Drudge was actually bemoaning what he views as
> increasing censorship in the name of patriotism, and covering up of the It 
> reality of what's going on in Iraq and elsewhere. He was also talking
> about the news yesterday that the FBI is - once again - spying on
> protest groups, and he actually had the good sense to say that he did
> not want to see dissent suppressed because, as he put it, the "next time
> a left-wing administration takes over" in the U.S., HE wants to be able
> to protest, and if things keep going the way they are, he won't be able
> too. He referred to the photos of the cops in Miami dealing with the
> protesters down there and said it looked like cops in a banana republic
> - and this is coming from a darling of the Right.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Tim
> Atherton
> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 3:30 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Cc: NPPA-L@LISTSERV.CMICH.EDU
> Subject: [Leica] DEADLINE IRAQ - Uncensored Stories of the War - CBC
> 
> 
> Those of you north of the border (or south who are close enough to it to
> get
> CBC) - this is a very compelling documentary about news gathering in the
> Iraq War.
> 
> "These are the stories that weren't't told by the media during the Iraq
> war. CBC NEWS goes straight to the source, to journalists, camera
> operators and photographers from news organizations around the world,
> who reveal the lethal risks they faced, as well as the untold horrors
> they witnessed."
> 
> There was a one hour version on last night. The full two hour version is
> supposed on next Sunday on CBC at 10pm I think.
> 
> tim
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Replies: Reply from Eric Welch <eric@jphotog.com> (Re: [Leica] DEADLINE IRAQ - Uncensored Stories of the War - CBC)
In reply to: Message from "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> (RE: [Leica] DEADLINE IRAQ - Uncensored Stories of the War - CBC)