News: Pynchon interviewed in Playboy Japan re 9-11
barbara100 at jps.net
barbara100 at jps.net
Tue Dec 18 14:54:12 CST 2001
Must make you feel kinda good, huh, Doug, to see what Pynchon says about the mainstream media? what with all the flak you catch around here for your "alternative" news. I'm sure it doesn't surprise you to see him say it, but it must feel good nonetheless...Aw, the sweet smell of validation!
Original Message:
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From: Doug Millison millison at online-journalist.com
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 08:06:47 -0800
To: pynchon-l at waste.org
Subject: News: Pynchon interviewed in Playboy Japan re 9-11
>Title Copy: Most news is propaganda: There might be no Bin-Laden ever.
>
>New Yorkers constantly talk about the WTC and visiting the attack
>site. Some went to see the site and the others have not seen the site
>yet. It is the trendy topic of the time. But, I feel that it will take
>some time before I want to visit the site.
>
>Since the attacks, I stopped taking subway. I'm afraid of chemical
>weapon. I am not surprised if chemical weapons are used against us
>anytime soon.
>
>CNN is the media that report on the terrorism all the time. Many
>Americans watch CNN and they all have the same information. But, it is
>the real danger that people believe the news on CNN is the news.
>
>The newscasters on the TV just read the tele-prompter in order to fill
>air time. They seem affectless and I don't like it. When I listen them
>carefully, there is not much news. Most are propaganda.
>
>The attacks have changed the New York Times. I used to wake up one
>hour early to read that paper, but now it is not worth reading sitting
>down. There is little useful news in the Times. Most are propaganda.
>
>The Times was the most reliable media, but no more. Today, the Guardian
>of England is the most reliable newspaper. People read it on the
>Internet. I think the information from White house also has a lot of
>propaganda.
>
>The problem is the average citizen cannot distinguish the real news
>from the propaganda. You don't believe it, but there is quite reliable
>news from Israel.
>
>In the time of war, controlling the information is important and those
>respected papers cannot be trusted.
>
>The founder of Daily Mail (published 100 years ago in London) once
>said "News is something somebody wants to suppress. Everything else
>is propaganda."
>
>Those information that can be obtained easily is most likely
>to be propaganda even when they come from White house.
>
>America always looks for an enemy. The country always needs it. It has
>made Bin Laden the real brain behind the attacks. Because it is easy
>and it makes us feel good. But I think there is somebody else and
>Laden is just a puppet.
>
>You may think I am a paranoia. But it is not only me to think like
>that. NSA is supposed to watch Laden, but I think it was not he alone
>responsible for the attacks. I have an impression that Laden is just a
>front-man.
>
>I wonder if those photos of Bin Laden on TV and newspapers are the
>real him. Right after the attacks, I remembered someone said " Come on,
>you want bin Laden? We'll give you 20 of him."
>
>After America kills a Bin Laden, there will be 19 more. Even there is
>only one Bin Laden, there are many who want to succeed him.
>
>If you look at it from another angle, Bin Laden is a symbol rather
>than a human. There may be no Bin Laden ever existed.
>
>I read this on the Internet. The best punishment for Bin Laden is to
>perform sex-change operation on him after catching him alive. Then,
>return him back to Afghan and make him understand how they treat
>women there.
>
>We should not forget that many of bin Laden's brothers were once the
>business partners of the Bush. The doctor who is the right-hand man to
>bin Laden was a member of the assassins who killed Sadat. There may be
>others who run away from Egypt after the assassination.
>
>People often mention that they hate America because we are rich. I can
>understand it well. When I see wealthy people, I feel anger
>instinctively. It is natural for Afghans to hate wealthy America. They
>just cannot help from hating her.
>
>It is not going to solve all the problems if America stops supporting
>Israel. However, from the Arab perspective, Israel is the source of
>all the problems.
>
>Finally, if I want to invest in stock now, I am going to invest in the
>tobacco industry. After the attacks, many who had quit smoking, has
>begun to smoke again.
>
>--End--
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>
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>Naoki Yamamoto <naoki at matatabi.com> in Yokohama, Japan
>Matatabi Digital Industry Report <http://www.matatabi.com>
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>
Doug Millison - Writer/Editor/Web Editorial Consultant
millison at online-journalist.com
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