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Suspicious Donating Member (780 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 09:31 PM
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Democracy, Dictatorship and Definition
I like what this guy is doing. A truly independent force of journalists - really LOUD ones - is exactly what we need.



The Haiti coup, more than being military or the result of a simulated "rebel" band of paramilitaries, was a media show.

And let's be honest: we - the authentic journalists - got our clocks cleaned.

We weren't ready.

The bad guys won.

A lot of how they won was in the terms they propagated through the wire services and Commercial Media, and by causing some slow-class types to adopt their terminology about "democracy" and "dictatorship," etc.

In any case, as readers here know, I don't like to lose. And in this case, I don't accept the defeat as permanent. So the question is, how to push back, and how to, next time, not be in a position to be pushed.


http://www.bigleftoutside.com/archives/000375.php


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Chicago Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 10:30 PM
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1. The Bad Guys Won, because the Bad Guys are in charge!
Honestly does anyone believe anything they say anymore????
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