tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post5477022184534245050..comments2023-10-24T11:03:41.388-05:00Comments on ladypoverty: I'm afraid of AmericansJ.R. Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09076895859826581960noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-43272065413653083242010-09-06T04:00:14.899-05:002010-09-06T04:00:14.899-05:00@CFO - that's eye opening!
@ JRB - that closi...@CFO - that's eye opening!<br /><br />@ JRB - that closing sentence is golden. It's a phenomenon that i have been trying to combat all last weekend. the message has been so well crafted(and re-inforced) to attack our worst fears about each other. yet another classic example of divide and rule...almostinfamoushttp://almostinfamous.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-59094503843387709882010-09-03T16:17:21.404-05:002010-09-03T16:17:21.404-05:00I have to say, Charles F. Some of your comments d...I have to say, Charles F. Some of your comments deserve to be blog posts in themselves. This one's a doosey!JRBhttp://ladypoverty.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-87787354673851994252010-09-03T10:59:36.378-05:002010-09-03T10:59:36.378-05:00Bullseye, JRB.
When I was a middle-schooler, my m...Bullseye, JRB.<br /><br />When I was a middle-schooler, my mother worked in the White House Press Office. My brother and I travelled with our mum on several POTUS trips -- Nixon to Key Biscayne, Nixon to San Clemente, and Ford to Vail 2x. We flew on the press plane -- a chartered commercial flyer, paid for by Uncle Sam, with a monstrously large open bar also paid for by Uncle Sam.<br /><br />The White House press, plied with tons of free booze, are now expected to criticize the occupant of the White House in a way that reveals actual truths?<br /><br />No, I don't think so.<br /><br />Now move forward some 20 years. Mum has moved on, she works as the special assistant to the Deputy Secretary of State for Public Affairs. One of her jobs is to comb through media reportage of US foreign policy, or reportage of US State Dept positions, to ensure that all such reporting is consistent with the text provided in the Press Spokesman's 3-ring binder. The Press Spokesman must read his/her answers to press Qs from that binder. <br /><br />This controlled "news" is useful?<br /><br />Whenever mum found deviation, her job was to contact the appropriate authoritative person at the media outlet and arrange errata disclosures or corrections.<br /><br />She was very good at her job.<br /><br />And I was lucky enough to see all this stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com