Indymedia readers and the media
Copernicus | 10.08.2005 11:14
In these times of "The War on Terrorism", why should we assume that supposedly left-wing newspapers are going to publish the truth any more than right-wing newspapers. In times of war, all of the national press are ultimately controlled by the government.
In recent times I have often found that The Guardian merely follows the government line (e.g. war with Iraq), although it tries to make out something different by using a sprinkling of independent journalists. This is also true to a lesser extent of The Independent. I think the govt watches these two papers like a hawk.
Therefore, non-Murdoch newspapers like The Mail and The Telegraph can surprise us with some of theoir articles, and should not be dismissed out of hand. One such example is the recent article exposing 9/11 lies.
Copernicus
Copernicus
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10.08.2005 13:09
HAHAHAHA!
magoo
Tradition
10.08.2005 13:16
Those capitalist papers will never challenge power unless it is to replace it with a more right wing form of power
Johnny
Lexis Nexis
10.08.2005 13:18
How's this for irony:
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/iraq/story/0,12956,1364699,00.html
magoo
guardian
10.08.2005 13:37
You're probably right - the Daily Mail IS probably more critical of Blair and Labour than the Guardian and other broadsheets: but its political message is one of hate. It was the only paper that supported the Black Shirts in the 1930s and it's politics may have been dampened but they're still simmering away in there.
Stick to the independent media, if you can get it off the internet. Let the publishing tycoons feel the squeeze!
ex-grauniad
Fascist Rag Snobbery
10.08.2005 13:43
Make the Mail your Media, and learn to smash the idols and folk tales of its own understanding by knowing who works inside it and for what end.
Madiera Soaked Prune
you really don't get it do you?
10.08.2005 14:06
Copernicus
copernicus
Daily Mail
10.08.2005 14:29
Alec
to clarify
10.08.2005 14:54
Thanks for confirming my suspicions, last poster. And please remember to look at the detail - that's the only place you're likely to find anything interesting... unless you go to indep/alt media, that is.
copernicus
copernicus
10.08.2005 15:10
You must be crackers to come to an anarchist site and tell us all to read the blue rinse press.
Why? Just becausethey hate Blair: "My enemy's enemy is my friend" fuck that, I choose my friends more carefully.
You are the one not getting it!
magoo
For Corpinicus
10.08.2005 16:01
How sweet that there is still somebody who thinks the Morning Star is an independent newspaper. How do you feel about the SWP - still thriving and not 100% infiltrated by MI5
spartecus
Pass the bog roll
10.08.2005 16:25
Towards the uprooting and complete destruction of so-called (social and political) normality!!!!!
Till death shall surely tear us apart .. .. .
System Shit
have you read the article, magoo?
10.08.2005 17:59
copernicus
you misunderstand, magoo
10.08.2005 18:27
And don't knock the Morning Star. I think a lot of ex-Guardian readers will be much happier with its current content - I certainly was when I bought a copy in Edinburgh on 2/7 before the big march.
copernicus
psyops
10.08.2005 21:51
Can someone prove this tosh was printed in the Hate Mail... like a scan of the page? I reads like crap off infowars.
Anybody could write shit like that and reverse engineer a conspiracy theory against them. You don't seem to realise its the easiest thing in the world.
magoo
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11.08.2005 00:52
'Magoo' ... Private detective 'extrordinaire' ... Your new 'Guru'??
We'll see ... .. . .
Anarchy Now!!
System Shit
Copernicus
11.08.2005 01:46
But One of Many
To Spartecus
11.08.2005 11:58
Adrian Cannon
Wolves in sheep's clothing
11.08.2005 22:42
Please, do not pretend to be a trendy leftie, Mags. We all know what you are - right wing filth!
Right-Wing Alec
Right-Wing Alec: gub!
14.08.2005 16:42
magoo