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:: Saturday, December 10, 2005 ::
Giving New Meaning to “Say” and “Widely-Accepted View”
Reuters, as noted in thge Wall Street Journal's Opinion-Journal, has now applied its “level playing field” journalism to the questioning that the Holocaust ever occurred by Iran’s President Ahmadinejad.
Reuters reports: “Historians say six million Jews were killed in the Nazi Holocaust. Regarding this widely-accepted view, Ahmadinejad was quoted…”
This is a spinspeak formula that surely is a boon to deconstructionist historians and the “mainstream” media.
For example:
Historians say the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941. Regarding this widely- accepted view, Senator Kerry says research shows that the attack as described by extreme right wing admirals may never occurred but was a cover for the torturing of women and children under U.S. occupation of Hawaii.
Or:
Historians say that Lincoln freed the slaves in the United States. Regarding this widely-accepted view, the Rev. Jesse Jackson says Lincoln only followed along after it became obvious that all black regiments had won the Civil War.
:: James Baar 12/10/2005 11:49:00 AM [+] ::
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