tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post6167106932339024185..comments2024-03-28T09:38:52.661-04:00Comments on thwap's schoolyard: Haiti in Contextthwaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-14626267899146511942008-04-05T12:44:00.000-04:002008-04-05T12:44:00.000-04:00Canada's media is particularly disgusting, given t...Canada's media is particularly disgusting, given that for us, Haiti is a major foreign policy undertaking. You'd think that as such, it would deserve some coverage. But they're not even bothering to lie about Haiti. There's obviously no good news there, so there's nothing to really spin.<BR/><BR/>Maybe they report on the bags of candy and the soccer balls and the empty concrete-block schools in Afghanistan because people are actually resisting us over there.thwaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-35049271958420433912008-04-05T01:06:00.000-04:002008-04-05T01:06:00.000-04:00Good evening, thwap. The "Cone of Silence"(Get Sma...Good evening, thwap. <BR/><BR/>The "Cone of Silence"(Get Smart) that fell into place was jolting to me. I had been following the story there as the uprising was going on, and as Aristide was taken away, whoosh...like closing the door from inside a Rolls-Royce; Silence. <BR/><BR/>We cannot condone the News Media being a Big Business production any longer. They have kicked out the most important leg of the citizens' power, to confront wrongdoing, by shining a light on our representatives.trog69https://www.blogger.com/profile/00448911131570383708noreply@blogger.com