tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491095.post8227823894535843928..comments2024-01-09T17:16:02.647+07:00Comments on JOTMAN: Pot calls kettle blackJotmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02485510513271661365noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491095.post-32164145202841615792008-08-20T22:47:00.000+07:002008-08-20T22:47:00.000+07:00http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_ChomskyNoam Chom...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_Chomsky<BR/><BR/>Noam Chomsky:<BR/><BR/>claims double standards (which he labels "single standard") in a foreign policy preaching democracy and freedom for all, while promoting, supporting and allying itself with non-democratic and repressive organizations and states such as Chile under Augusto Pinochet, and argues that this results in massive human rights violations... America's intervention in foreign nations, including the secret aid given to the Contras in Nicaragua... fits any standard description of terrorism...<BR/><BR/>mass media in the United States largely serve as a propaganda arm and "bought priesthood" of the U.S. government and U.S. corporations, with the three parties all largely intertwined through common interests... American media manufactures consent among the public.<BR/><BR/>John Pilger:<BR/>(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Rulers_of_the_World)<BR/><BR/>1) ... moral underpinnings for Western action are false, but are largely believed by the media ...<BR/>2) "'The War on Terrorism' IS terrorism"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com