[Note from Matthew Gaylor: This is perhaps the only spike in destabilizing and de-radicalizing religious intolerants that has a good chance of working- A culture attack aimed at their kids. The US already heavily pays for programming insertions in the American media market mostly against drug use so this is a natural extension- MTV is a prime propaganda target with anti-drug and anti-violence (really anti-gun) story lines and media products, such as CDs, CD-ROMs, being financed by the Justice Dept. I've actually advocated that efforts be made to make such programming available in totalitarian countries via unblocked and unscrambled satellite feeds. The Red Chinese currently have a problem trying to stem the flow of mini-satellite dishes- To which I say tough luck.] Monday November 19 12:54 AM ET U.S. wants its MTV to get message out in Arab world http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011119/en/television-mtv_1.html By Pamela McClintock WASHINGTON (Variety) - The architects of the government's post-Sept. 11 propaganda war may well want their MTV on the frontlines in the Arab world. Rushing to shift perceptions of the United States in the Islamic world, Washington and Hollywood are now brainstorming about how the entertainment business might help convey a wider -- and more positive -- range of perceptions about America. And no demo is more crucial to the future of Islamic-Western relations than the 15-30 age group. That's where MTV comes in. [...] ************************************************************************** Subscribe to Freematt's Alerts: Pro-Individual Rights Issues Send a blank message to: freematt@coil.com with the words subscribe FA on the subject line. List is private and moderated (7-30 messages per week) Matthew Gaylor, (614) 313-5722 ICQ: 106212065 Archived at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fa/ **************************************************************************