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roachboy · 12-05-2007, 09:08 AM

topic coherence/maintenance intervention

at the risk of shamelessness, i put up a thread this morning about the press reactions to the nic report--lead stories in the washington post and ny times--that tried to get at questions that run parallel to otto's post above, but pitched in a different way (i foregrounded the role of the press in managing a political crisis rather than speculating about the maybe "agenda" that explains the bush people's actions)....i think the question of the report itself with respect to iran/us policy-warmongering relative to iran/management of the fallout from the iraq debacle fit here, but that other issues concerning political interpretation/consequences might be better either in the other thread or in a third that is framed in a way that makes it easier to talk broadly (your call, comrades)...

this seems an interesting enough situation to merit some attempt to keep things from blurring into each other.

12-05-2007, 09:08 AM	#171 (permalink)
roachboy Super Moderator Location: essex ma	topic coherence/maintenance intervention at the risk of shamelessness, i put up a thread this morning about the press reactions to the nic report--lead stories in the washington post and ny times--that tried to get at questions that run parallel to otto's post above, but pitched in a different way (i foregrounded the role of the press in managing a political crisis rather than speculating about the maybe "agenda" that explains the bush people's actions)....i think the question of the report itself with respect to iran/us policy-warmongering relative to iran/management of the fallout from the iraq debacle fit here, but that other issues concerning political interpretation/consequences might be better either in the other thread or in a third that is framed in a way that makes it easier to talk broadly (your call, comrades)... this seems an interesting enough situation to merit some attempt to keep things from blurring into each other. __________________ a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear it make you sick. -kamau brathwaite Last edited by roachboy; 12-05-2007 at 09:11 AM..