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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: Ron on June 24, 2011, 08:51:42 AM
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Between Russia and The Nation I wouldn't be surprised if this is just propaganda. On the other hand, my confidence in our government is at an all time low.
Anyone have the scoop on this?
http://nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/International/18-Jun-2011/US-orders-news-blackout-over-crippled-Nebraska-Nuclear-Plant-report
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Between Russia and The Nation I wouldn't be surprised if this is just propaganda. On the other hand, my confidence in our government is at an all time low.
That is the risk gov't takes when it is run by fools who give the citizenry the mushroom treatment.
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How did we get a Tsunami in Nebraska?
I can understand trying to funnel all the news through a spokesman, but trying to hide it would be a crap thing to do.
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You know, if there was an NPP disaster here in the states, I would actually expect the current regime to be shouting it from the mountain tops in the goal of destroying every last shred of clean, plentiful, and cheap power generation in the U.S.
As to the article, no clue as to it's veracity so I'll take my usual spot on the fence over here.
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Yes, color me skeptical. The article refers to an infowars.com report about a "security exercise" going on in OH, KY and WV. I will be joining kgbsquirrel on the fence.
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http://www.ketv.com/r/28281114/detail.html
http://www.businessinsider.com/faa-closes-airspace-over-flooded-nebraska-nuclear-power-plant-2011-6
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when i heard infowars i knew it was true!!! >:D :facepalm: [barf]
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Between Russia and The Nation I wouldn't be surprised if this is just propaganda. On the other hand, my confidence in our government is at an all time low.
Anyone have the scoop on this?
http://nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/International/18-Jun-2011/US-orders-news-blackout-over-crippled-Nebraska-Nuclear-Plant-report
I did hear something about it, but the source was one that I wouldn't be surprised to see channel Alex Jones.
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Wow, I wasn't aware we had a 35% increase in infant mortality from the Fukushima plant ;/
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Is a news blackout compatible with the first amendment on freedom of expression?
I thought only Britain had this kind of mechanism...
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Is a news blackout compatible with the first amendment on freedom of expression?
I thought only Britain had this kind of mechanism...
Nope. And it's unlikely newspapers would cooperate.
Hence the skepticism about the report.
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keeping all those folks in omaha quiet would be a good trick too
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Nope. And it's unlikely newspapers would cooperate.
I've worked in a newspaper. You speak the truth. If there is one thing that will get a reporter or editor whipped up into a researching frenzy, it is the government trying to hide information.
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Wow, I wasn't aware we had a 35% increase in infant mortality from the Fukushima plant ;/
That is a pretty quick turnaround time on that research.
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I've worked in a newspaper. You speak the truth. If there is one thing that will get a reporter or editor whipped up into a researching frenzy, it is the government trying to hide information.
the other thing is an editor trying to hide stuff about his own paper
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Is a news blackout compatible with the first amendment on freedom of expression?
I thought only Britain had this kind of mechanism...
No, this is a Pakistani news operation taking second hand quasi-tabloid "news" sources adding 2 + 2 and getting 5.
Any number of local news sources could be quickly searched on the net to show this is not true. The "blackout" is simply that there's not much to report of interest, the reactors were shut down as a precaution due to the flooding in the region, so the American Mainstream Media is ignoring it.
Pakistan has an ax to grind with the U.S. of late, justified or not, we've not been exceptionally respectful of their sovereignty or borders lately, with some rather embarrassing consequences for them. >:D
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the reactors were shut down as a precaution due to the flooding in the region in April for refueling, so the American Mainstream Media is ignoring it.
FTFY.