July 8, 2006
TURKEY SHOOT:
Turkey to Prosecute Publishers of Noam Chomsky's Book (Cihan News Agency, 7/4/06)
The Chief Public Prosecution Office has decided to prosecute two publishers for publishing a book renowned American intellectual, Noam Chomsky, accusing them of degrading the Turkish identity and the Turkish Republic.The office prepared an indictment against the two publishing house that released the book written by Noam Chomsky and Edward Herman titled "Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media."
The indictment claimed that certain extracts from the book degrades the Turkish identity and the Turkish Republic, and fuels hatred and discrimination among the people.
Publishers Omer Faruk Kurhan and Lutfi Taylan Tosun could face up to 6 years in prison if found guilty.
The million-dollar question is: How precisely did Chomsky connect Turkey's sins to the United States? It seems almost a truism that if Chomsky criticized a foreign power he must have dragged America in somewhere.
Posted by Matt Murphy at July 8, 2006 4:29 PMThe pipeline, er, connection runs through Armenia.
Posted by: ghostcat at July 8, 2006 5:02 PMWe eat turkey at Thanksgiving.
Posted by: AllenS at July 8, 2006 5:07 PMChomsky's probably just happy to find adults that take him seriously.
Posted by: mf at July 8, 2006 7:59 PMWho wouldn't like to see him get Midnight Expressed....
Posted by: oj at July 9, 2006 1:50 PM