Kissinger on humanitarian war

[Enrique Diaz-Alvarez]

bill fancher wrote:
>
> To me, the most puzzling aspect of all this is that "the left" believes
> U.S. media coverage favored NATO. That was not my impression. I've since
> heard it claimed that, in fact, Serbian propaganda recieved more airtime
> than NATO propaganda did. This seems to be supported by the fact that
> only 40% of the public believes NATO "won" in Kosovo. Where is FAIR?

Maybe Yanks aren't quite as stupid as their media thinks. NYT, CNN, the
Post, and the rest have been repeating the "NATO victory" mantra pretty
much non-stop since the end if the bombing. Perhaps the lesson to be
learned by the spinning community is that, to be effective, propaganda
needs to be a touch more subtle. This is what FAIR thinks:

http://www.fair.org/international/yugoslavia.html


> 
> --
> bill
> 
> "... a movement to realize the conceivable better state of the world
> must deny itself the advantages of secret methods and tactical
> insincerities. It must leave that to its adversaries. We must declare
> our end plainly from the outset and risk no misunderstandings of our
> procedure." H.G. Wells

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