note the accompanying photo, along with headline, and try to work out the correlation between them and the actual content . . . i would say that the photo is entirely opportunistic and even deliberately misleading.
> From: lweiger at umich.edu
> Reply-To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 17:23:33 -0400
> To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> Subject: Re: Bin Laden: The story that needs to be told
>
>
>>>
>>> You assume that it hasn't already been told loud and clear. My father
>>> told me that one of the major news anchors was discussing it with an
>>> analyst last night. Who could forget that just yesterday the Soviets
>>> were fighting the US-backed Taliban?
>>>
>>> -- Luke
>>
>> It certainly hasn't been emphasized in any coverage I've seen. Plenty of
>> people in the U.S. have forgotten, or never knew. And when they were
>> fighting the Soviets, they were generally known in the west as the
>> "mujahadeen" or just Afghan rebels. I don't know how generally it's
>> understood that the "Taliban" are (many of) the same people. So yes, it
>> is still our job (and anyone's who cares) to make sure this is talked
>> about.
>>
>> Gary Ashwill
>
> And, as I noted, apparently even major news anchors like Dan Rather are
> willing to note the historical context. There is no "mainstream media"
> demonically attempting to spin reality away (even though, of course, this
> analysis is likely to be more prominently featured in the Nation than
> Newsweek).
>
> -- Luke
>
>