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It isn't unusual, I would

A Guy Called LULU — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 05:50:16 +0000

It isn't unusual, I would say, for a headline to attempt to grab the interest of a potential reader. This headline does not seem to me to be hyperbolic, if that is your complaint, nor does its suggestion that the media has neglected coverage of the coming trial seem overdone at the time the charge was made. David Corn's piece, "A Terrorism Trial in the US Neglected by the Media", is dated Jan.7, and in the first paragraph makes the point that, considering the magnitude of the crime, the trial is not getting much coverage by saying that the story is hardly getting a media blitz.

Corn linked to a Nation preview dated Jan 4. of a story scheduled for the January 24 edition. Coverage by The Nation could hardly be a media blitz if that was all they wrote about, but The Nation and Mother Jones are media, as you say. The NPR link you provide is dated Jan.9. as is the CNN video, as is the LA Times op-ed, all after the Mother Jones article, so the headline could be accurate at its time of publication, although I cannot say how much coverage the story had received before. If it had received major coverage I think I would have noticed some of it.

Anyway, the accused is an old man and is said to be sick. If he is convicted maybe they will let him go somewhere besides prison to live out his last days. Scotland might be nice and they seem to be quite understanding of that sort of thing.

Op-Ed: Cuban exile on

artappraiser — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 04:21:08 +0000

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Op-Ed: Cuban exile on trial

The case against Cuban exile Luis Posada Carriles is remarkable for the cooperation it has produced between the Cuban and U.S. governments.

By Peter Kornbluh and Julia E. Sweig

January 12, 2011
Peter Kornbluh directs the Cuba documentation project at the National Security Archive and is coauthor of a forthcoming book on dialogue between the U.S. and Cuba. Julia E. Sweig is the author of "Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know" and a senior fellow and director of Latin America studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-kornbluh-cuba-posad...

Just a side note; something

artappraiser — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 02:03:27 +0000

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Just a side note; something that drives me nuts about Mother Jones' headline.

Mother Jones and The Nation are not "the media"?

Ditto for

NPR?

Miami Herald?

CNN?

All not "the media;" apparently, it's "the other guy" who is "the media." The blogosphere especially seems to like to discuss the single hot topic of the day 24/7 point by point as the story develops, while complaining that "the media" is not forcing them to listen to stories on other topics but chasing the ratings/mouse clicks of any feeding frenzy story phenomenon. The reality is probably more like: when there's a feeding frenzy story, grab the cash of the mouse clicks and teevee ratings in order to pay for covering other stories that few want to read about or talk about.

To be clear: I'm not complaining about you, mho, you're on the right side simply by wanting to promote paying attention to the story by reposting it here.

Thanks for the heads up Lulu.

Richard Day — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 22:06:18 +0000

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Thanks for the heads up Lulu. Quite a story.