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[Rob <becida AT comcast.net>]

At  1/10/2007 01:52 PM,EarthNSky wrote:


> Gene GeRue wrote:
> > I post this to again remind us that a great deal of what we read and
> >  tend to believe is "news" that is manufactured and manipulated by
> > some entity other than the ostensible author. Never forget, let the
> >  reader beware.
>
>
>
> Take that iceshelf collapse in the Artic.  That happened months ago, but
> is just now being reported in the mainstream.
> I often wonder about the timing of stories.
> The story you quoted reminds me again of how big business and the media
> shape our thinking, from tobacco, to oil, to parasites, to health
> consciousness, to drugs, etc. ad nauseum.  Thanks..
>
> Bev

The media these days, ALL the media is corporate owned. Lot's of 
corporations these days are larger than many governments.
Picture the business owners in a small town getting together for 
breakfast once a month or so to just talk about how things are 
going... put that on a lager scale & wonder why the news seems manipulated.



Rob
becida AT comcast.net