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In Mid-East Fighting, What's News? What's Propaganda?
While Israel and Hezbollah make real war on each other, they're also fighting a virtual war of ideas and images. We hear about propaganda on both sides and ask how the mainstream media figure out what's true and what's false.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenWhile Israel and Hezbollah make real war on each other, they're also fighting a virtual war of ideas and images. We hear about propaganda on both sides and ask how the mainstream media figure out what's true and what's false. Plus, Lebanon's offer to participate in the peace-keeping force and the latest from the Federal Reserve.
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3 storiesLebanon Agrees to Send Troops to South
It's been another day of Israeli bombs, Hezbollah rockets and heavy ground fighting in Lebanon. In the latest initiative aimed at a cease-fire, the Lebanese government has promised 15,000 soldiers as a peacekeeping force in the southern part of the country. From Beirut, Mohamad Bazzi, Middle East Bureau Chief for Newsday , reports on the…
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The war between Israel and Hezbollah is being fought not just on the ground but also in the media. Both sides are adept at propaganda--to persuade the other side it's losing and to influence the ideas and images reported in the rest of the world.
Read the story40 minNo New Hikes from Federal Reserve Meeting
In 17 consecutive meetings since June of 2004, the Federal Reserve increased interest rates from a 46-year low of one percent to 5.25 percent as of yesterday. That was the longest unbroken stretch of rate hikes in recent history. Michael Hudson, staff reporter for the Wall Street Journal , has details of what the Fed did today .
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