Subject: Re: Jakarta Riots and Rapes From: "Michael S. Garber" Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 10:59:34 -0500
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Subject: Re: Jakarta Riots and Rapes From: "Michael S. Garber" Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 10:59:34 -0500
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Sean Peck wrote:
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> You can't say, no one cares about Indonesia... this may be true, but the
> press found it interesting enough to report the riots, so if there was
> enough interest to report the riots, why was the reporting done so poorly?
> And why has no effort that I have seen been made to correct the
> reporting, and let the public know these riots were far more than some
> relatively peaceful student protests?
> 
> Sean Peck

I don't know the answer but as someone who has long read news that is
highly influenced by special interests (Mexico the last 20 years), and
learned to read between the lines to get a sense of the truth, I am now
getting that feeling about a lot of U.S. news. The truth is beginning to
be between the lines or just doesn't exist. Especially as it relates to
issues outside of the U.S. 

-- 
Michael S. Garber * click below for business card * Mexico Communicates
            -> http://busplan.mexcom.net.mx/mike.html <-

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