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Originally posted by Epona:
It's weird you know - because I was watching CNN and heard this. But all of the English news channels said that the Taliban had said they WOULD resume jihad against the US if the US bombed Afghanistan. There is a huge difference between the 2 statements.
I have noticed that CNN is reporting only some things, not others, showing 9 year old clips of Palestinians celebrating (that clip was from when Kuwait was invaded, not the WTC atrocity) and it worries me that many people in the US are being lied to by their news channels and may not have access to other sources of information. Heck, the BBC and ITN are not perfect, but there is much more information on them, which sometimes gives a different picture.
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From what you and others are saying re reportage, it seems we have a much wider range of coverage, opinion and background in the UK media. For example, the Afghani perspective that began this thread - I read several commentaries in the Guardian newspaper that said pretty much the same thing as early as Thursday last week. Our Radio 4 - ditto. The tv I can't speak for, being as I don't have one!
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[This message has been edited by Silver Cheetah (edited 09-19-2001).]