[R-390] (no subject)

Fri, 11 Jul 2003 22:54:59 -0400

Wow!  I have a sneaking suspicion that the last time Barry tuned into =
these
networks was 1972! Back then, he could have picked up their broadcasts =
of
Republican Nixon's arrogant and self-engineered demise from news =
networks
the White House considered beyond "left-leaning".

A lot has changed since then.  The R-390 can still pick up a few of =
these
same networks on medium wave, but the tune has changed radically.

CNN especially, and all the others to a large degree, act as a cheering
squad for the current US administration.  Each war has a theme song, a
slogan, and for TV fans a ticker at the bottom of the screen scrolling =
off
the latest "propaganda".

News, and the real work associated with it, is out of the question.  =
Pushing
the limits of the First Amendment, being bold and beyond commercialism, =
and
holding true to the heady principles of real journalism and the public's
right to know are long gone.  Advertising and ratings is the only answer =
and
so news has become another entertainment. =20

I really think the monikers "Castro News Network" and "propaganda" have =
long
since died.

Fox is the rabid exception, which is doing a better job of P-R than the
White House Press Office itself.  Why are their ratings so comparatively
low?  They continue to preach to the choir and I suggest it is dwindling
rapidly.

My 390 is wide open, yet all I hear is pro-war static.  I found a good
filter for it, too: The "off" switch.

Mark
K1MGY

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] =
On
Behalf Of blw
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 21:54
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [R-390] (no subject)

> I put a moron filter on my R390A a few years ago and haven't heard =
Rush
> since..
> Joe W2DBO

A good antenna may cure your problem as the moron filter would only =
block
all CNN (Castro News Network), NBC, ABC, and CBS propaganda, i.e., =
anything
they produce. Also, the BBS doesn't stand a chance of passing your =
filter. I
read where the Royal Navy has moron filters on every ship for the BBC.

Barry non-Hauser

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