The issue is therefore really about power
Does "The issue is therefore really about power" imply "Thus, power owners are at the core of everything and control everything including what we see and know about wars"?
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During the Vietnam War, television took the conflict into people’s living rooms and provided what was broadly understood as being the next best thing to being there. There was arguably a suspension of belief regarding the presence of bias. The issue is therefore really about power. The US military employs and thus controls its combat artists and can censor works or request specific subjects but because the artist was there we want to believe that they are recording exactly what they saw. Similarly, broadcasters can filter what they show but because of the nature of the photographic medium we tend to equate what we see with the eyewitness experience.
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red apple Does "The issue is therefore really about power" imply "Thus, power owners are at the core of everything and control everything including what we see and know about wars"? (Don't say "power owners". ) Yes, you are essentially correct.
- red apple Does "The issue is therefore really about power" imply "Thus, power owners are at the core of everything and control everything including what we see and know about wars"?
- (Don't say "power owners".
- ) Yes, you are essentially correct.
- I would not extrapolate to "everything", though, because the focus is on photographic reportage on wars.
- CJ
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red appleDoes "The issue is therefore really about power" imply "Thus, power owners are at the core of everything and control everything including what we see and know about wars"?
(Don't say "power owners". Say "those who hold power".)
Yes, you are essentially correct. I would not extrapolate to "everything", though, because the focus is on photogr
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