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• Reader Comments (3)

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  Yeah, that so called rescue of that girl was soooo stupid. They should send that Mohammed idiot back to Iraq.

  Posted by Chet on Oct 21, 2003 at 12:08 PM

  I find the whole PR-corporate-media machine somewhat dangerous, especially in a climate where people : will believe anything they’re told, won’t raise a dissenting voice for fear of being labeled unpatriotic, allow their Constitutionally-protected rights to be stripped from them, and won’t make it clear to the media that this is not the kind of coverage we demand as citizens and “consumers” of media.

  We’ve got 10,000 decent writers out here who can’t even get their manuscripts *looked at* by publishers, and all it takes is one Jessica Lynch or some idiotic guy going over Niagara Falls, and the book and movie deals are forthcoming.  That’s the kind of country we live in.

  Posted by Aine on Oct 23, 2003 at 10:44 AM

  RE the comment on the rescue of the girl - Chet, get a clue dude. Read about what happened and how totally unnecessary the whole charade was. PR down to its empty soul.

  I teach Joel Bleifuss’ article on Pusztai, the genetic engineer, as a way in to talking about GE Food in my community college English class. He’s terrific. And of course Stauber is also wonderful: he writes in English that ordinary people can understand AND he nails the Bush PR weirdness dead on.

  Posted by rabbit on Apr 29, 2004 at 11:32 PM

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