Von: joel carlinsky
Datum: So 20, Feb 2005 14:50
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Recently it has become public that some journalists have been paid
off to write propaganda for the Bush govt. under the guise of independent
journalism. This blatant disregard for traditional journalistic ethics
means nobody ever again can accept a media account of anything of concern
to the nations' rulers at face value. We, the public, must be forever on
our guard against those in power who would manipulate public opinion. In
that spirit, I find myself asking, is Dr. James DeMeo being paid off by
somebody to write the anti-Islamic material he has been churning out lately?
one reason I am thinking of this possibility is that so much of what he
has been saying lately is so inconsistant with his previous positions.
However much he hates Islam, and with however much good reason, DeMeo has
always been against Christian repression and puritanism as well, and opposed
to the sort of policies the Bush White House endorses, such as laws against
abortion and efforts to discourage sex among adolescents. Now, however,
it seems Bush and his followers can do no wrong; Bush is the ''leader of
the free world'' in a ''fight against terrorism''. A few years ago, whatever
my differences with Dr. DeMeo, and they were many, I would at least have
expected him to defend civil liberties, not endorse their destruction.
I wonder if he really is being paid to write this material, and if so,
who is paying him to write pro-Bush propaganda, and how much he is getting
for it? Or does anyone think Reichians, alone among humans, are immune
to coruption?
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