dissent

[Doug Millison]

Malign,

I've noted, and perhaps you've noticed as well,  that most of the
alternative press articles I've posted or excerpted are opinion pieces.
They counter some of the Bush praisesinging and uncritical pass-along of
U.S. government propaganda that's flooded Pynchon-L since September 11.
I've also included source URLs for the articles, and you are free to
investigate the publications that disseminate them.

I strongly recommend that you read some serious media criticism and gain
some understanding into the process by which manstream newspapers and
broadcast news operations create the news they publish.  Ideological bias
creeps into every journalistic venture, no matter how rigorously
journalists follow established professional and ethical practices. You
might consider reading the articles published by FAIR, they do a great job
of exposing bias and shoddy journalistic practices, and they document their
work meticulously.  But, if you don't want dissenting opinions to
contaminate your thinking, I'm sure you'll manage to keep them at bay. If
you wish to argue against the opinions expressed in these articles, feel
free to do that, too.  You can continue to try to marginalize them because
you don't agree with them, if you wish.  If this material is too much for
you, please feel free to use your DELETE button. Nobody's stopping you from
responding any way you care to respond.

With very rare exceptions, your own "contribution" to Pynchon-L has been
limited to insults and slurs -- largely focused on my posts -- ever since
you first began posting to the list several years ago.  Since September 11,
it's understandable that you're a bit edgy, hell we all are, but I wonder,
what was your excuse for being an asshole prior to September 11? At any
rate, it's a good thing you've got this outlet to get that bile out of your
system, I hope at least it makes life a bit easier for the people who get
to enjoy your charming personality in person.






Doug Millison - Writer/Editor/Web Editorial Consultant
millison at online-journalist.com
www.Online-Journalist.com