Re: the media and "the market"

another bit of big media idiocy from Montreal journalist and weblogger M 
J Milloy:

> American media kow-towing to Saddam Hussein: The CBC's Patrick Brown is 
>reporting that the major American networks have come together to agree to 
>not report the details -- or even the existence -- of the Iraqi opposition 
>meetings in Salahaddin, Iraq. He says the nets are apparently worried that 
>Saddam Hussein will retaliate for the networks giving his opponents 
>coverage by kicking their talking heads and Scud studs out of Baghdad. But 
>the upshot is the American public are less well-informed about an 
>important meeting, one attended by an American envoy and general. 

(http://thenewforum.ca)


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