[Leica] Susan Sontag on Iraq Photos

[keith at wbalaw.com (Keith R. Wessel)]

Thanks for this.  I had no knowledge of this influence.

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From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 6:36 PM
Subject: RE: [Leica] Susan Sontag on Iraq Photos


> Actually, the most fascinating thing about the Janet Jackson affair - so
> to speak - and the FCC clamp down, is that it has turned Howard Stern,
> the country's leading "shock jock," into a virulent Bush hater. Stern
> has turned his program into a daily support the 1st Amendment And Send
> These Religious Wakos Back Where They Came From four hours. And his
> audience, and his influence, are enormous. Christie Todd Whitman makes
> no bones about the fact that Stern was responsible for her victory when
> she ran for NJ governor, and there are those who said that Stern's
> support was a great help to George Pataki in being elected Gov. of NY.
> If this is a close election, and Stern fans follow the leader, it could
> be they, rather than Rush "The Junkie" Limbaugh's ditto-heads who tip
> the scales, if for no other reason than that Limbaugh's audience is
> already committed to Bush, while Stern's contains many non-voters, and
> people without any real conviction. Fascinating.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> Adam Bridge
> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 7:03 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Susan Sontag on Iraq Photos
> 
> 
> On 5/26/04 <elaine@chaos.wustl.edu (Elaine -HFB- Ashton)> thoughtfully
> wrote: 
> 
> >
> >Living outside the US, it is a bit more aggravating since everywhere 
> >else in the world is getting a less filtered feed of photos and 
> >commentary. I keep wondering how Janet Jackson's nipple raised 10 times
> 
> >the furor and outrage than did these photos inside the US.
> >
> 
> I hardly think that's an accurate statement. There is deep and abiding
> anger about the revelations and the photographs and it's having a
> substantial effect on public opinion.
> 
> Janet Jackson's nipple is an indication more of a cultural frustration
> with control and danger than anything else. It has become a power
> struggle where the religious right can now have another arms race with
> the devil - this time in the form of MTV and shock jocks.
> 
> I can relate. I was disgusted, not by the fact that we actually saw an
> almost bare breast during the Super Bowl but that it was so carefully
> contrived...exactly like politics almost everywhere.
> 
> Adam Bridge
> 
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