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Here is newspeak as a lesson to writers on how to manipulate readers (the bolding is mine):
New York Times Sept 28th 2009
Iran was reported Monday to have test-fired long-range missiles capable of striking Israel and American bases in the Persian Gulf in what seemed a show of force.
Telegraph Jan 18, 2008
Israel has carried out the successful test launch of a long-range, ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, in what was intended as a clear show of strength to Iran.
Read the whole article at Salon here.
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Friends or enemies!!!!
What bothers me about this sort of bias is that most people accept it uncritically. I tried to teach my kids to look at any such statements and extract the facts. Don't know if I succeeded though.
I read the article in the "West" and immediately pre-ordered the book from Amazon.
Thank you!