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Saturday, May 29, 2004

CSPAN-Iraq

Roger L. Simon
...Let's take the biased reporters out of the equation (or at least lessen their importance). Why don't we put up some money and internationalize what is now our greatest media asset, CSPAN? And there's an obvious source for the cash -- NPR and PBS. In a democratic society, they have no business in the news business. Impartiality is impossible in reporting and the government (no matter which way it leans) should be excluded from it. Wasn't it Susan Sontag who said she was "Against Interpretation." Well, in this case I agree with her.
I would settle for a CSPAN-Iraq. This kind of channel would have terrific ratings in the Islamic world. Doing this is the best way to make the political process in Iraq transparent, and build public confidence in a new democratic Iraq.
Posted by: Zayphar / 5/29/2004 09:27:00 PM
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