tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693278311831499317.post1059322538266680794..comments2023-12-15T20:38:35.316-08:00Comments on W.A.Rusho Author: History: The lies the press never told you.W.A. Rushohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04313458212200821633noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693278311831499317.post-13624825643221617412016-05-04T09:55:28.387-07:002016-05-04T09:55:28.387-07:00The news has always been manipulated and with the ...The news has always been manipulated and with the popularity of social media stories get reported and changed within seconds. I have never heard these stories before. Thank you for this post Chinwehttp://abstractfriday.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693278311831499317.post-68008259804461562072016-04-29T21:03:18.933-07:002016-04-29T21:03:18.933-07:00The Nayirah story echoes the also-contrived Gulf o...The Nayirah story echoes the also-contrived Gulf of Tonkin incident(s) that Lyndon Johnson used to escalate American involvement in Vietnam. In both cases, a government determined to wage war far from American shores played fast and loose with the truth in order to get what it wanted, the people be damned. When next will it happen again?<br /><br />If you haven't seen it, check out George Carlin's "We Like War" performance - the second half of it is somewhat silly but the first 3:25 is quite good:<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaS2bRGS86cA. Peakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10603056373768030580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693278311831499317.post-45373340292750727342016-04-29T13:18:48.938-07:002016-04-29T13:18:48.938-07:00Great post and a topic that needs more attention. ...Great post and a topic that needs more attention. It's also quite discerning how there are so few news outlets that control all of the world's media. We think we have access to so much, but still so much is spoon fed to us.JeriWBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04560326888524377308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693278311831499317.post-55915449094183003252016-04-29T07:08:09.508-07:002016-04-29T07:08:09.508-07:00History has always been manipulated. History taug...History has always been manipulated. History taught at schools is also manipulated. e.g History taught in India and Africa was a lot different to what was taught in UK. It just depends on who is telling the story and who wants to look like a hero. It's so sad that now with social media stories get reported and changed within minutes. When flicking through news channels, you can see how differently the same news gets reported. In some countries, they don't even report foreign news!!Mina Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00021299909319429438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693278311831499317.post-37076179857587652542016-04-29T05:03:12.413-07:002016-04-29T05:03:12.413-07:00Depressing, but sadly not all that surprising. As ...Depressing, but sadly not all that surprising. As a researcher I bump up against this every single day. The media just loves to quote research studies - the more controversial the better. The problem is that most of these studies are ultimately proven to be faulty if not outright baloney. And yet, as you've illustrated, once it's out there it becomes the truth. Makes it pretty challenging to have an "informed" opinion, huh? Thanks for the education William. Marquitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01834185614478268016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693278311831499317.post-37970401735666339172016-04-29T03:24:42.760-07:002016-04-29T03:24:42.760-07:00Have worked with almost all the major newspapers i...Have worked with almost all the major newspapers in the world and know first hand how it works, William. Believe me you are, without knowing it, manipulated ty corporate America and various lobby groups in the US. And it will never change. But it would be benieficial if your country did something about how corporate America rules the US and, to some extent, the world. Iraq was, for instance, invaded because they wanted to get their hands on Iraqi oil. Catarinanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693278311831499317.post-69756122167389773062016-04-28T21:09:47.959-07:002016-04-28T21:09:47.959-07:00I always go back to George Orwell, a brilliant man...I always go back to George Orwell, a brilliant man. "Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind."<br />Thanks for another excellent post.Ramonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040316721865494269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693278311831499317.post-73126781886956977922016-04-28T17:52:34.304-07:002016-04-28T17:52:34.304-07:00I never heard these stories before. But I do belie...I never heard these stories before. But I do believe that the news media has a lot to do with what we hear and don't hear. Thanks for sharing.Sabrina Q.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693278311831499317.post-89903751633217190082016-04-28T05:21:07.230-07:002016-04-28T05:21:07.230-07:00William, this is so true and we have experienced i...William, this is so true and we have experienced it more here in Canada over the past year then ever before. We had an election last fall and the entire campaign was manipulated by the media. We used to call the CBC, supposedly our National News Centre as the Liberal Marketing Firm. The Liberals could do no wrong while the Conservatives and NDP could do no right. It was an experience in media manipulation, bar none. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07290481404730172080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693278311831499317.post-46182617370906131012016-04-27T09:52:41.076-07:002016-04-27T09:52:41.076-07:00I don't like (who does?) all the manipulations...I don't like (who does?) all the manipulations by the press and try to dig beneath the top story to figure out what the real truth may be. It's extremely difficult to do this most of the time. I'm sorry to hear about the way your military career ended, William. Fifteen years is a long time to put into it.RM Griffithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12839456272512737899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693278311831499317.post-5840704177760678522016-04-27T06:29:22.153-07:002016-04-27T06:29:22.153-07:00The baby story never happened, it was fabricated b...The baby story never happened, it was fabricated by Nayriah and others to get the US to go to war with Iraq.W.A. Rushohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04313458212200821633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693278311831499317.post-87001762747418966662016-04-26T23:27:54.882-07:002016-04-26T23:27:54.882-07:00It is for this same reason that I do not watch and...It is for this same reason that I do not watch and read the news daily. Firstly it is downright depressing and secondly it is presented in such a way to influence our perception. <br /><br />There are so many who believe everything they read in the papers. Tabloids such as The Sun and Daily Mail (or Daily Fail) as some may call it, use shock tactics to draw in readers. <br /><br />How inhumane that babies in Kuwait were left to die. Did their lives mean less than the babies in Iraq? It certainly looks so.<br /><br />Thank you for sharing this sad information. People need to know. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01638568837925608211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693278311831499317.post-60302558305081414952016-04-26T19:32:08.565-07:002016-04-26T19:32:08.565-07:00I think we are probably even more susceptible to t...I think we are probably even more susceptible to this type of misinformation than we were in the past. Social media gives all sorts of groups an unfiltered publishing outlet. And the traditional media, beaten down by declining revenue and staff reductions, has joined the world of desperately chasing clicks. And that may mean repeating a good story without instituting all the checks and verifications that should be a part of good journalism.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14291236742674605851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693278311831499317.post-5719173283646519702016-04-26T16:40:11.620-07:002016-04-26T16:40:11.620-07:00William - it's true that much of the news is m...William - it's true that much of the news is manipulated. A recent example is conservatives selecting editing a secret video they made of a conversation between Planned Parenthood executives that made it appear the organization was selling fetuses. The video was later discredited but not before Congress tried to cut off all funding and succeeded in cutting Planned Parenthood's 2016 budget. Jeannette Paladinohttp://writespeaksell.comnoreply@blogger.com