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[sinister]

Perhaps the articles from the Thrid World Traveler website might open your eyes to alleged policies of the US in the name of democracy and freedom.
Okay, I think I'm going to puke.

Here, you'll find links and articles by Noam Chomsky and other prominent thinkers that are shunned by the mainstream press:
http://thirdworldtraveler.com/TWTwebsite_INDEX.html

And here's more food for thought courtesy of this link about the American lapdog media: http://thirdworldtraveler.com/Media/Consent_AmerStyle.html
Many cultural critics, such as Michael Parenti, Noam Chomsky, and Ben Bagdikian, have pointed out that in order for American power to carry out the atrocities it has perpetrated abroad, it needs to "manufacture" the consent of the American people. That is because America must at one and the same time carry out the appearance that it is the freest society in the world (true, to a degree, as Chomsky acknowledges) while tyrannizing much of the rest of the world. The democracy of the U.S. is managed, while the democracy of the rest of the world is deterred, as a host of militaristic and authoritarian national governments point to themselves as "allies" of our great nation. Opinion in our society must be carefully shaped and molded within certain careful boundaries: those who transgress those boundaries are libel to wind up "extremists," "ideologues," "fanatics," or "agitators." Now that dissidents in the U.S. can no longer be labelled 'fellow travellers' of the Moscow-run Commie conspiracy, the task has become more urgent. And how is it that consent, that most valuable of social products, is manufactured?

The "Mass" Media (Talk Radio, Papers, TV stations)

Numerous organizations like FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting), LOOT (Lies of Our Times), and Media Watch routinely scan and critique the various mass media. Numerous conservative organizations like Reed Irvine's Accuracy in Media suggest that the media have a "liberal" bias. That may be true, to a certain extent - in the same way that "liberal" interventionists planned the VietNam war and "respectable" liberal organizations take consistently pro-establishment positions. But if the mass media are closely scrutinized, it is conservative editors, publishers, and producers who have the final say on the news, not liberal investigative journalists. The fact is that over 80% mass media are owned by a grand total of 23 multinational corporations - TNCs which also control media outlets in Europe and elsewhere in the world. The media's evident biases - pro-business outlooks are "pragmatist," pro-labor viewpoints are "ideological" - betray this fact. These corporations are interested in selling their programming to advertisers, not giving us accurate information.
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[sinister]

[jameswong]

hi, i am james. i would like your help. please give your opinions in this title under opinions:-

Is new technology increasing the humans health condition?

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[ecc]

as to the question why americans are hated by the rest of the world ,my answer is simple. mainly because americans are too proud and self-centered .they always think themselves as intelligent and powerful ,and other peoples of the world as ignorant ,savage or semi-civilican .having such an idea ,the usa of course cannnot treat other countries equally ,and the emergence of an anti-americanism is unavoidable .
if we take a further look at this issue ,we also can find that such an antiamericanism is closed linked with so called conflicts between civilizations .since americans firmly believe that their values ,institutions and lifestyles are the best in the world ,they presumptuously try to transplant or impose such things on the rest of the world .naturally ,their efforts are going to encounter resistence from people who have their own religions ,traditions and customs .