Return-Path: <sentto-279987-4096-1008695090-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Tue, 18 Dec 2001 09:08:08 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 15086 invoked by uid 510); 18 Dec 2001 17:04:56 -0000 Received: from n21.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.71) by all.net with SMTP; 18 Dec 2001 17:04:56 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-4096-1008695090-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [216.115.97.190] by n21.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 18 Dec 2001 16:57:40 -0000 X-Sender: lzkoch@attbi.com X-Apparently-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_1_3); 18 Dec 2001 17:04:49 -0000 Received: (qmail 97170 invoked from network); 18 Dec 2001 17:04:49 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.167) by m4.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 18 Dec 2001 17:04:49 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO rwcrmhc52.attbi.com) (216.148.227.88) by mta1.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 18 Dec 2001 17:04:49 -0000 Received: from CB348209-B.attbi.com ([12.248.10.50]) by rwcrmhc52.attbi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id <20011218170448.AAW6493.rwcrmhc52.attbi.com@CB348209-B.attbi.com>; Tue, 18 Dec 2001 17:04:48 +0000 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20011218105421.01b2e480@mail.attbi.com> X-Sender: lzkoch@attbi.com@mail.attbi.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 To: iwar@yahoogroups.com,iwar@yahoogroups.com In-Reply-To: <200112181458.fBIEw6A02503@red.all.net> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20011218084731.01b8a1b0@mail.attbi.com> From: "Lewis Z. Koch" <lzkoch@attbi.com> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 11:04:59 -0600 Subject: Re: [iwar] - Pravda as an information source Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Fred Cohen wrote: <snip> >There is an underlying question that I think begs to be asked. If >Pravda is the media source of the US 'friends' in Russia, why are they >practicing this information warfare and who are they practicing it >against? Is it primarily targeting the Russian populace? For what >reason? Is it a control issue, or perhaps just force of long habit? Or >is it that people interpret information based on context and that this >context is so engrained in the Russian psyche from long years under >Soviet rule? Of course the same questions should be asked of those who >express the opposing viewpoints. This is the kind if analysis/article that needs to be written, perhaps for a Harper's or Atlantic. Once it might have fit in Brill's Content, alas slammed downhill after the Ken Starr-Premier edition, thanks to its publisher -- who makes Narcissus seem shy and retiring. Each and every question Fred raised has yet to be fully analyzed. To do so -- in a political, inforwar, and journalistic context -- would be a serious effort. Lew Koch Lew Koch [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Tiny Wireless Camera under $80! Order Now! FREE VCR Commander! Click Here - Only 1 Day Left! http://us.click.yahoo.com/75YKVC/7.PDAA/ySSFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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