Replies to post #177136 on Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[ieddyi]

Yeah, kinda like the stuff seen regularly on CBS and in the NYT

Jayson Blair and Dan Rather say HI

[niteowl]

"Yellow Journalism"...Exactly! And now the truth stretchers will try and say that someone might have mentioned this as an idea :(((


Create sensations of fear...every picture tells a story. Also keep the Benador members in mind, IMHO, and see what they write. Here is one of the earlier articles about Benador that I found.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,777100,00.html

Monday August 19, 2002

"Brian Whitaker reports on the network of research institutes whose views and TV appearances are supplanting all other experts on Middle Eastern issues..."


http://www.benadorassociates.com/members.php


Look at that. For the purpose to inflame, classic example of which was dubbed "Yellow Journalism" in the early 20th century.
<<yellow journalism
n.
Journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers.>>

But this is not a case of simply seeking to attract readers, this is to brainwash them to a lie.

[niteowl]

:)) http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=11300100