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Two things: Fran would do well to make a separate top-level category for "opinion" as opposed to "Europe/World news".

Then, an "Official pro-israel document" package is propaganda. It's the official that makes it so. Embedded journalism is also propaganda. You can accuse ET of selective reporting, which is not the same thing as propaganda.

Nothing is 'mere'. — Richard P. Feynman

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Aug 4th, 2006 at 01:14:21 PM EST
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Then, an "Official pro-israel document" package is propaganda. It's the official that makes it so. [...]You can accuse ET of selective reporting, which is not the same thing as propaganda.

Exactly, and 'selective reporting' is a much more fuzzy concept.

Embedded journalism is also propaganda.

No. We're talking a war zone here and journalists reporting on the military of one party to the conflict is not in and of itself propaganda. Nor is it propaganda when journalists are taken by one party in the conflict  on tours.  

by MarekNYC on Fri Aug 4th, 2006 at 01:36:16 PM EST
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Because propaganda is not a fuzzy concept, it is much easier to say it is a wrong accusation on the part of Tsarrio.

Nothing is 'mere'. — Richard P. Feynman
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Aug 4th, 2006 at 01:48:31 PM EST
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Uhm, I think you all need a little background on the meaning of Propaganda...

Since we are all humans and incapable of being entirely objective, the word "propaganda" carries little weight.  It is certainly not universally recognized as a bad thing...

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. -Voltaire

by p------- on Fri Aug 4th, 2006 at 04:50:30 PM EST
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Two things: Fran would do well to make a separate top-level category for "opinion" as opposed to "Europe/World news".

I suggested earlier to indicate op-eds by writing out the writers' name alongside the news site's name.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Fri Aug 4th, 2006 at 04:58:00 PM EST
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