On 11 Apr 2003, at 9:39, Nathan Andersen wrote:
Date sent: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 09:39:58 -0400
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Subject: Re: misinformation
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> It struck me, too, without having been there or knowing anything
> independent about the scene, that the "liberation" moment was clearly
> staged (or, better: framed). You never see more than 50 or 60 people
> cheering the "coalition" forces; you see the same people again and
> again saying things like "Bush is good," or slapping shoes against the
> image of Saddam. In the image of the statue toppling the crowd is
> dense, but you can very nearly see its limits -- it seems clear that
> there aren't very many people outside of the frame. And yet these
> images are presented on the major networks as if there are massive
> crowds ("the Iraqi people") cheering their "liberators." I am
> surprised that almost no one questions the legitimacy of these images
> and their purported message. (Of course there was some of that here
> too: a group of 100 or so students and faculty on my campus was
> presented on the local media as if the whole school had gathered to
> protest -- an impression I was happy with, because I was one of them,
> but th Nate
>
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