Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:13 AM 11/18/03 -0500, Johnny Deadman wrote: >I think it is hilarious that Marc thinks there was some bucolic moment >in the past where the media were not plugging some particular point of >view and simply reported the facts, ma'am. I will bow to him on >military history or Rollei lore, but I suggest he takes Media History >101 before he relies any further on this ridiculous argument. I apologize for overstating my case, Johnny. I am aware that the media, in the past, have often been far more vitrolic and partisan than may seem the case today. You are absolutely correct. Marc Vitriolic in the past? Nah, Fox news has only been around for a few years. Before that it was all quiet on the western front. Actually did anyone catch the recent piece on PBS on Vietnam war media coverage. Morley Safer blew the Army's cover with a report in 1967 (or 1968?) on US soldiers setting fire to houses and huts belonging to South Vietnamese civilians. Since I was not quite a teenager then, this is news to me. Anyway, the piece goes on to explain how this was a turning point in public option about the war and that the Army actually changed its policy of "burn to the ground" within 30 days of the airing of the report. So do any of you old(er) timers have personal experience to share? Gary - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html