The Story the New York Times Won't Touch

Re:The Story the New York Times Won't Touch by jrockway on Saturday February 20, 2010 @05:23PM (#1139603)

Conspiracy, or just a boring story?

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Re:The Story the New York Times Won't Touch by bootload on Saturday February 20, 2010 @07:26PM (#1139800)

"... Conspiracy, or just a boring story? ..."

Both. What is not reported is sometimes just as important as what is reported because you have to ask why?

"... Changes in war reportage since the Vietnam War are a microcosm of the perception management that is embedded within society. ..." ~ http://old.disinfo.com/archive/pages/article/id1298/pg3/inde...

If business is war, could it not follow that under reporting of the battles business undertake in court also be a casualty. Noam Chomsky noticed this with East Timor, an Australian neighbor. The country was at war with Indonesia but barely reported. [0]

[0] Chomsky, Radical Priorities, 1981 ~ http://www.chomsky.info/books/priorities01.htm

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Re:The Story the New York Times Won't Touch by mambodog on Sunday February 21, 2010 @02:25AM (#1140293)

Maybe that's because of how Indonesia dealt with journalists: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balibo_Five

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Re:The Story the New York Times Won't Touch by oldgregg on Saturday February 20, 2010 @05:30PM (#1139619)

Boring-- but that's only because the media hasn't sexed it up yet.

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Re:The Story the New York Times Won't Touch by camccann on Saturday February 20, 2010 @05:45PM (#1139643)

Or perhaps both?

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