Has The Media Become Another Tokyo Rose?

Question

"Two US Marines are listening to the radio in Iraq.

"American soldiers," coos a soft female voice, "Your so-called nationalLeaders have lied to you. You are needlessly risking your lives to wage Auseless, unjust, illegal, and unwinnable war. Now is the time to return home to your loved ones, while you are still alive. If you foolishly insist on remaining where you are not wanted, the brave resistance fighters will have no choice but to kill you and add your name to the long ever-increasing casualty list of this insane war. So why risk never seeing your loved ones again for a so-called president who has repeatedly lied and deceived you at every opportunity? Why should you be sacrificed so that US corporations can enjoy fatter profits? The only wise thing to do is return home now, while you are still drawing breath, before you return zippered into a body bag."

"What's this?" sneers one Marine. "An Islamo-terrorist version of Tokyo Rose?"

"No," answers the other. "It's just CNN!"

No mention of this on CNN:
Iraq's Less-Mean Streets
U.S. News & World Report, DC
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/070805/13bush.b.htm

Answer 1

It's actually worse than that. There are members of Congress who speak the same type of language.

Answer 2

Lol frightening. The call "Tokyo Rose" is maximum strongly linked with Iva Toguri D'Aquino, who broadcast as "Orphan Ann" in the process the 15-20 minute D.J. phase of the seventy 5-minute "The 0 Hour" software on Radio Tokyo (NHK). Toguri's advocates have long argued that different announcers greater useful suited the legend. They incorporate American Ruth Hayakawa (who substituted for Iva on weekends), Canadian June Suyama ("The Nightingale of Nanking") who additionally broadcast on Radio Tokyo, and Myrtle Lipton ("Little Margie") who broadcast from Japan-controlled Radio Manila.

Answer 3

This is the type of rightwing tripe that so many people believe. It isn't true. It just plain isn't true!

If you would name your sources, I would appreciate it. The link you provided says nothing about CNN.

As far as I know, CNN has no radio broadcast. It does have an iPod broadcast, but this would never be a part of it. It is a News network and, in no way, would they broadcast a conversation like this to any soldier. No reporter on CNN would touch this, even if they believed it to be true.

How could you print something like this without checking it out? Did you invent it, or get it in some rag sent around on the Internet? It's false, and no person reading it should believe it.

Answer 4

Yes sir, they would be found guilty of treason during WW ll. The media, Harry Reid and Nancy Pukelaski have done more harm to our military and country than the rag heads could ever do.

Answer 5

It's not the obligation of the media to simply reguritate press releases issued by the White House. It's the obligation of the media to question on behalf of the larger society -- and act as the 4th estate.

Answer 6

Yep, they would rather take the Traitor Jack Murtha's words over the Commanders on the ground.

BTW, we just took out one of Al Qaeda's bridges this morning.

HOORAY! GO USA!!

Answer 7

Then turn to FOX"""""News""""""it may not be reality but you won't hear anything that will upset you.

You can fool some of the people all of the time, about 25%

Answer 8

John Murtha is our Tokyo Rose.

Answer 9

the talk shows (many) suggest to the enemy how to hurt us...what's up with that?
and CNN psychologically words their interviews to make the worst out of things and to promote propaganda. ...what's up with that?
I see that guy's point.

Answer 10

Great analogy.

Oh yeah, I've noticed this going on everywhere.

Then they wonder why we avoid liberal news media. It's treasonous.