tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005214.post1971783055811716370..comments2023-10-19T12:25:15.143+01:00Comments on The Osterley Times: Amnesty: Russia were not the aggressors in Georgia.Kelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14466059072530968330noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005214.post-40506181612062054602008-11-19T05:15:00.000+00:002008-11-19T05:15:00.000+00:00Mainstream media is doing a pretty bad job aren't ...<I>Mainstream media is doing a pretty bad job aren't they?</I><BR/><BR/>In this case they were simply deplorable, reporting Bush's lies and McCain's statements that "it didn't matter who started this as Russian aggression was over the top" as if what they were saying was true.<BR/><BR/>At the time I found it staggering.Kelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14466059072530968330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005214.post-68697247605562795312008-11-18T22:11:00.000+00:002008-11-18T22:11:00.000+00:00"In these days of Google, anyone with a modicum of..."In these days of Google, anyone with a modicum of curiosity could discover that Bush and McCain and others were twisting what took place to fit in with their own ideological narrative and that, whilst it might be true that these events provided Russia with an opportunity to do something which they have long wanted to do, it was simply deceitful to present Georgia as the victim of Russian aggression.<BR/><BR/>The only astonishing thing about the recent Amnesty report is that it is considered news at all."<BR/><BR/>I bet you get more people reading your blog than I do but during that time, when I argued the same thing (as you did) I got a LOT of people coming from an Army's official website (pentagon) checking out my posts..kinda creepy but hey, perhaps they wanted to know what was going on as well [g].<BR/>Perhaps we ought to join forces and have our own 'online' thing going on and then the news will not be news because they heard it 'from us'..<BR/>mainstream media is doing a pretty bad job aren't they? But then, it's all about the ownership..<BR/>luckily, no one 'owns' me.. (or 'you')<BR/><BR/>IngridIngridhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15543677729320023767noreply@blogger.com