"'It's a tough world. You have to rely on unsavory people." If your own child were involved, [Hersh] said, by way of example, 'you want Oliver North working on it.'"
There you have it.
-- Luke
----- Original Message ----- From: "C. G. Estabrook" <galliher at alexia.lis.uiuc.edu> To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 6:55 PM Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Hersch an (unwitting) mouthpiece?
> <http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?011008fa_FACT>
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> The beauty of the democratic systems of thought control,
> as contrasted with their clumsy totalitarian counterparts,
> is that they operate by subtly establishing on a voluntary basis
> -- aided by the force of nationalism and media control by
> substantial interests -- presuppositions that set the limits
> of debate, rather than by imposing beliefs with a bludgeon.
> Then let the debate rage; the more lively and vigorous it is,
> the better the propaganda system is served, since the presuppositions
> (U.S. benevolence, lack of rational imperial goals, defensive posture,
> etc.) are more firmly established. Those who do not accept the
> fundamental principles of state propaganda are simply excluded
> from the debate (or if noticed, dismissed as "emotional,"
> "irresponsible," etc.). --Noam Chomsky
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> On Mon, 10 May 2004, Jon Johanning wrote:
>
> > Do you perchance have a URL where the October 2001 article is
> > available? Before I agree that Hersh was in fact shilling for the CIA,
> > I'd like to read it for myself...
>
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