Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id QAA12672 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-bounces@mmu.ac.uk); Fri, 21 Sep 2001 16:53:36 +0100 X-Originating-IP: [209.240.220.175] From: "Scott Chase" <ecphoric@hotmail.com> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: US Tragedy Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 11:48:45 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: <F1022dLmcEP7smI8u7X00001b7f@hotmail.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 21 Sep 2001 15:48:45.0854 (UTC) FILETIME=[E5B5FBE0:01C142B4] Sender: fmb-bounces@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
>From: Chris Taylor <Christopher.Taylor@man.ac.uk>
>Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
>To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
>Subject: Re: US Tragedy
>Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 13:04:13 +0100
>
> > Over here we have "FoxNews" which I used to like at first, but it has
>become
> > a highly right wing slanted network IMO. If anybody has seen that early
> > morning "memefest" called "Fox and Friends" they might concur. Anybody
>into
> > media studies should take a close look at that show and the subtle (or
>not
> > so subtle?) spin.
>
>You can't move for Rupert bloody Murdoch. Sky News (his effort in the
>UK) is sensationalist, under-researched shite. The other day (pre all
>this) they said that the American 'Anti-Terrorist Force' had been
>involved in some internal security issue (militia-related I think). The
>ATF is the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Fireamrms FFS. Idiots. We get a
>feed from Fox News each day for a bit too, and that looks like it's
>descending into the same vein (although he's had less time to fk them
>up).
>
He has help from Roger Ailes who had some connection with Rush Limbaugh's TV
show IIRC and with Bush Sr. and Nixon. I tried looking something substantive
up on the web highlighting the leanings FoxNews may have, but all I could
find were rants by left-wingers. Two wrongs don't make a right.
>
>Thank a randomly selected god for the BBC. C-SPAN is ok too (although I
>think they wallow in their own worthiness just a little). I wish I could
>find the time to read more of the world media though. BBC radio is good
>(you can get 4 and 5 over the web...). CNN is usually good too, the
>contrast between CNN USA and CNN World is clear at the moment though.
>
>
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