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Eric J in MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 06:46 PM
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reporting on Iraq War and George Orwell
Edited on Tue Dec-16-03 06:51 PM by Eric J in MN
"One of the protests turned deadly and 3 Iraquis were killed."
ABC World News Tonight, December 16, 2003


"Americans opened fire in Ramadi and killed 3 protestors."
CBS Evening News, December 16, 2003

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George Orwell warned against using the passive tense to hide who did what.

ABC tonight used the passive tense to mislead viewers.


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ON EDIT: I was flipping the dial, and I'm not positive anymore whether the original quote was ABC or NBC. It was one of those 2 national evening news broadcasts.
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cirej2000 Donating Member (174 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 06:47 PM
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1. Wasn't Orwell a right winger?
I thought that Animal Farm was an indictment of communism?
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stopthegop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 06:50 PM
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2. he was a leftie who became disillusioned by USSR.. n/t
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Eric J in MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 06:50 PM
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3. Orwell was against Stalin, but Orwell was
Orwell was against Stalin, but Orwell was pro-worker, anti-imperialism, and pro-free speech.
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cirej2000 Donating Member (174 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 06:55 PM
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4. Which in and of itself is redundant
when you say he was against Stalin ;)

But I get your point.


Thanks

kev
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