How to fight terrorism in the media (Rumsfeld)

The Daily Star (Lebanon) ^ | 24 February 2006 | Donald H. Rumsfeld

[SandRat]

Interesting

[Cornpone]

Ping...

[jazusamo]

"We are fighting a war in which the survival of our way of life is at stake."

A simple, honest and straight forward remark. And sadly, far too many American's are completely unaware of it.

[PISANO]

Truth is on our side, and, ultimately, truth wins out.

That is........IF........the TRUTH gets out!!

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Terrorists have skillfully adapted to fighting wars in today's media age

Don't I know it in my own corner of the world!!

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

How to fight terrorism in the media (Rumsfeld) The Daily Star (Lebanon) ^ | 24 February 2006 | Donald H. Rumsfeld

This is a story about freedom of the press. Rumsfeld is complaining that the truth is manipulated in the Mideast media. We are fighting to keep our freedoms from Islamofascis here. I find it ironic that I have to read this story in a Lebanese paper.

[CWOJackson]

"Rumsfeld is complaining that the truth is manipulated in the Mideast media."

It seems the middle east has taken over the MSM in this nation if the DPW deal is any indication.

[JohnBovenmyer]

There are nonetheless signs of modest progress. Soon after the devastating earthquake in Pakistan, an American public affairs team was deployed with our sizable military forces in the disaster area. They worked to help focus media attention on America's commitment to help the Pakistani people. Public opinion surveys conducted by private groups before and after the earthquake suggest that attitudes in Pakistan regarding the U.S. changed dramatically because of this new awareness.

I hope he's right. Yet if he is, I hate to think how bad it was before considering this happened after his "modest progress."

[Tzimisce]

Wanna fight Terrorism in the Media?

KEEP SPEECH FREE.

[ClaireSolt]

The government will never even compete with Hollywood. Porter Goss tells a story of how a Muslim told him the US id bad. How did he knoe? Baywatch. Goss didn't know what that was.

[eleni121]

Here is an example of a terrorist media tycoon --Sumner Redstone - CBS - who has already done enough harm and damage..to our own people..he turned gangsterism into the National Culture..gun battles, crack addicted, all glorifed in MTV when he owned it along with Karmazin --you think the pimp Soros is evil--these guys are absolutely satanic.

[Calpernia]

But we have begun to adapt. In Iraq, for example, the U.S. military, working closely with the Iraqi government, has sought non-traditional means to provide accurate information to the Iraqi people. Yet this has been portrayed as "buying news." The resulting explosion of critical press stories then causes everything - all activity, all initiative - to stop. This leads to a "chilling effect" among those serving in the military public affairs field, who conclude that there is no tolerance for innovation. http://www.dailystar.com.lb

[Fintan]

And sadly, far too many Americans are completely unaware of it.

 

[Rembrandt]

I for one would not complain if drones loaded with heavy bombloads flew into the New York Times, Washington Post and L.A. Times buildings creating complete destruction. At the same time, lethal bombs could descend on the lairs of Newsweek and Time. The U.S. would be better for it! Public discourse would be infinitely improved.

[rlmorel]

A good example:

Brent Bozell pointed out that Time and Newsweek devoted 12 and 13 pages respectively to the "issue" of Cheney accidentally shooting his hunting companion.

When Vince Foster shot himself, Newsweek only had a little blurb on the corner of the cover, and only devoted a few pages of fluff coverage to it that talked about the childhood relationship with Clinton. Time didn't even have any reference on their cover and had even less inside.

And no mention EVER about the frantic sealing off and rummaging around in his office before the authorities arrived that the Clintons did.

Read it at:
http://www.mrc.org/BozellColumns/newscolumn/2006/col20060222.asp

Also, see some information on Rumsfeld at my website at:
http://web.mac.com/rlmorel (just click on the Rumsfeld links...he is a remarkable guy, in my opinion)

[Hound of the Baskervilles]

We really are swept up in a clash of civilizations. At the center of this is Islam and whether or not it can reform to meet the challenges of the modern world. I think most Muslims understand at some level that Islam, confronted with the modern world, must evolve or die. The trouble is that the Muslims who are terrorists figure that if they can make the West die, Islam won't have to evolve. Then they can be the ones in control of Islam and how it is interpreted. This way they rise to the top and secure dominance of moderate Muslims and the West.

IMHO Islam is a very brittle religion. It is much more fixed and inflexible than Christianity. Still I really think there are enough good elements in it to build a reformation around. I do truly hope that in the end we can live in peace with Muslims but I don't have any doubts that it is going to be a very long, costly, bloody process. I also have no doubt that we could lose unless we are really strong and determined to fight for as long as it takes. And it could take generations for Muslims to reform from within, which is something only a few of them have understood that they must do. There fore it is up to us. I don't think the enemy can defeat us but we can defeat ourselves unless we are willing to bear this out as long as it takes and make enemy realize that we will never ever give up.

[jan in Colorado]

Terrorists have skillfully adapted to fighting wars in today's media age, but, for the most part, America and the governments of the other democracies have not.

Good article by Rumsfeld, but I will say what he did not... The media in THIS Country, which should be known as the ENEMEDIA, are aiding and abetting the terrorists.

[Elyse]

Anything our government does to try to get the truth out is regarded as propaganda and interfering with the free press. The government is pretty much damned if they do or damned if they don't.

I want to scream every time someone says, 'Why doesn't Bush tell us more? Why doesn't he explain it better?' Everything he says is reported to us through the media and after every press conference they come on and give us the twisted version of what he just said and that becomes what he said. The majority of people in the US do not even listen to or read what he actually says. They rely totally on the snips of his speeches that the media comments on in the newspapers and news shows afterwards.

[Fred Nerks]

Indeed, the longer it takes to put a strategic communications framework into place, the more the vacuum will be filled by the enemy. ---------------------------------- so what's holding you back, get started already, get into the communications business, we need you to communicate not only with 'them' but with us!