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From: tclock@orion.oac.uci.edu (Tim Clock)
Subject: Re: Israeli Terrorism
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Date: 24 Apr 93 22:33:01 GMT
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In article <1993Apr24.203620.6531@Virginia.EDU> ab4z@Virginia.EDU ("Andi Beyer") writes:
>I think the Israeli press might be a tad bit biased in
>reporting the events. I doubt the Propaganda machine of Goering
>reported accurately on what was happening in Germany. It is
>interesting that you are basing the truth on Israeli propaganda.

Since one is also unlikely to get "the truth" from either Arab or 
Palestinian news outlets, where do we go to "understand", to learn? 
Is one form of propoganda more reliable than another? The only way 
to determine that is to try and get beyond the writer's "political
agenda", whether it is "on" or "against" our *side*.

Tim 
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