[PEN-L:30704] Re: War Against Literacy=$$$$

[Charles Jannuzi <b_rieux@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> I cannot speak about educational matters in
> particular, but BW is probably the least
> ideological of business publication -- probably
> because they do not seem to be
> pitching to the rubes, but to business people
> who profit from information.

I should have clarified: I meant its
international edition, which seems to be screened
by the US government for appropriate propaganda.
As is Time, which includes such great stuff as:
The US Navy never transported nuclear weapons to
Japan; the Japanese were upset because the
aircraft carriers are nuclear powered. In fact,
the US Navy and Air Force moved tactical nukes
all over the place, including Japan (but also my
backyard in Chambersburg, PA), and at least the
JCP knew this about the activities in
Japan(though I'm assuming the LDP and the
bureaucrats did too). Still, BW in its US edition
sucks, too. It's breathless coverage of .com hype
and the new, new economy and productivity growth
were through and through in support of US
dominance of global business discourse.

BTW, I recently wrote up a piece for BW Online,
international edition and it was rejected by the
NY editors as being 'too insider baseball',
whatever the hey that means. I think it was
because the piece didn't necessarily have a
negative focus on Japan or deal with Japan as
exotic outland. At least the Times HE Supplement
had the good sense to take it, and they pay
better than the cheapskates at BW!

C Jannuzi


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