THE MIG CRISIS STAGED DURING NICARAGUA’S ELECTION WEEK As Newsweek po...
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- Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media whole source · open book
THE MIG CRISIS STAGED DURING NICARAGUA’S ELECTION WEEK As Newsweek pointed out on November 19, 1984, “The story of the freighter [to Nicaragua, allegedly carrying MIGs] first broke during the election-night coverage,” but at no point does Newsweek (or Time, the Times, or CBS News) suggest that the timing was deliberate.
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