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In article <D2qBwB1w165w@netlink.cts.com>, galan@netlink.cts.com (Greg Gross) writes:
> f_gautjw@ccsvax.sfasu.edu writes:
> 
>> In article <NT05VB1w165w@netlink.cts.com>, galan@netlink.cts.com (Greg Gross)
>> > f_gautjw@ccsvax.sfasu.edu writes:
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>> [deleted]
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> That stories are obtained differently in Kashmir, I have no doubt. That 
> trying to obtain stories at *all* in Kashmir is difficult at best, I have 
> no doubt.
> 
> what I was responding to was the suggestion that the U.S. press was 
> somewhat being manipulated to disregard events in Kashmir. That's what 
> goes through my mind when someone refers to a "controlled" press. the 
> kind of restrictions you cite are not uncommon around the world when 
> someone wants to hide something. It's a major test of ingenuity and nerve 
> to break through those barriers, get to the truth and bring it out.
> G.
> 
> --
> Gregory Alan Gross      Welcome to life, where no good deed goes unpunished.


I certainly don't have any quarrel with your latter statement.  But I
consider the standard media fare in the US to be very much controlled.
Since this matter has been discussed at length from time to time on
this and related newsgroups, I won't rehash the matter except to make
a few observations.  Reports of events in Kashmir are very sparse indeed
even though Kashmir is a very eventful place right now.  It is an 
extreme hot spot for igniting real trouble between Moslem and Hindu
with repercussions throughout the Middle East and elsewhere.  Control
is suggested by absence of any interest, much less any news.  It is
the responsibility of our press to keep us informed and we are kept
ignorant except for the occasional morsels we can scrounge for ourselves.
It has been suggested that the subtle control we are subjected to is
a function of a news cartel with ownership tightly held in a few hands
which cooperates with government/intelligence agencies while considering
the interest of the financiers who can call the notes if they don't
get the news their way compounded by the need to hustle advertising
dollars with resultant news slants to benefit major clients.  Meanwhile
investigative reporting takes a backseat to prepackaged handouts from
government and corporations.  After all, who wants to be another Danny
Casalaro.  When a President can be assassinated in broad daylight
and major media join in the coverup for 30 years, there is something
seriously wrong with our press. Similar statements can be made with
respect to Martin Luther King, Robert F. Kennedy and the attempt
on George Wallace.  We can differ about the degree of control and
the relative importance of various causes.  But whether control is
financial or political in origin, it is still control.  This is not
to say that we don't have many dedicated people in the media working
overtime to give us the very best.  But they have one heck of an
obstacle course to run to do it.

-Joe Gaut