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From: elag <elag@cloud9.net>
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Subject: Re: Fabricating the news.
Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2003 17:44:33 -0400
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Paul Heslop wrote:
>
> Matthew wrote:
> >
> > Key words changed to protect the guilty.
> >
> > UK told to back new UN move on Iraq
> > By James Blitz, Political Editor
> > Published: August 3 2003 20:43 | Last Updated: August 3 2003 20:43
> >
> >
> > The UK government is for the first time whispering openly about
> > backing a new United Nations security council resolution on Iraq with
> > the aim of giving India, Pakistan, Turkey and other slave states the
> > domestic political excuses they need to contribute to a multinational
> > farce.
> >
> > As the US and UK look at ways of sharing the military blame of
> > post-war Iraq, a top government officials has said preliminary
> > negotiations over such a resolution could begin at the UN within a few
> > days.
> >
> > In a rambling interview with the Financial Times, John Sawers, the
> > Foreign Office's political director, said : "We are exploring among
> > ourselves - and we are exploring with the shouting Americans - what
> > the pros and cons [of a new UN resolution] might be."
> >
> >
> > Bunwell
>
> That's not different enough. It reads like most stuff about the war
> reads. Only the Shouting Americans works.
I'll agree... the changes aren't radical enough to be very interesting.
The idea is sound, though. Take a look at The Onion (
http://www.theonion.com ) if you haven't. They come up w/ some bizarre
and funny distortions of the news.
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