weemba@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (Matthew P. Wiener) (04/23/86)
In article <7404@cca.UUCP> dee@cca.UUCP (Donald Eastlake) writes: >I am pretty disgusted with the TV coverage of the aftermath of the raid >on Libya.... ... I think that one could >reasonably be opposed to such slanted coverage regardless of whether you >thought the US raid was, on balance, a good idea or not. It is not even >that I would mind slanted coverage, it is the essentially total shut out >of any pro US administration views ... I think all the media is interested in is making money. If it's more fascinating to the public to show ranting and raving Libyans, as opposed to a boring interview with G Schultz, then that's what's going to get shown on TV. As it is, most of the footage angers most Americans, and does not convince them that Reagan is a loonie. If you were correct, the media will carefully avoid showing any more results of terrorist attacks on Americans. ucbvax!brahms!weemba Matthew P Wiener/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720
bane@parcvax.UUCP (05/02/86)
Well, the raid happened. What is the result? It had SOME effect: on "All Things considered" (or was it "Morning Edition) I heard that suddenly translators were being corrected: "Oh, no, we didn't mean 'liquidate American influence', liquidate means kill; we meant 'remove'." The news story said that apparently khadaffi's coalition (and I thought he ruled by himself!) was trying to tone him down. On the other hand, days after I heard that, I heard that terrorism was being increased, perhaps testing Reagan to see if he will follow through on his commitment to militarily oppose terrorism. Whether or not it was the right thing to do, one thing is certain: the raid will be worse than useless if not followed up. We've already shown our willingness to use military force against terrorism (or, we've already lowered ourselves to the terrorists level); to change our tactics now would say, "well, we didn't REALLY mean it", which prompts sneers from the terrorists, and won't convince anyone who thought the bombing raid was a horrible thing. - rene -- Rene P S (nee Steiner) Bane bane@parcvax