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Summary: A revealing and disturbing work.
Review: 'The Missing Times' is a darkly fascinating analysis of how the mainstream media have been used by government intelligence groups to control information and manipulate the public.
While the book is a superb case study of how significant UFO events, well-reported at local levels, are either altered, marginalized or completely censored by the national media, the real value of the book goes much further. It provides a solidly documented expose of how our world view is shaped by forces not even imagined by most Americans; how the claim of "national security" has been invoked to hide from the public not only legitimate defense-related information, but incompetence, dishonesty and illegal activity as well.
It's a shame that this book will likely be read by a relatively small number of people, mostly those with an interest in UFOs. It should be required reading for every journalism student in the country. In fact, it should be read by anyone who still believes in our system of democracy. It will inform, shock and anger.
Rating:
Summary: A revealing and disturbing work.
Review: 'The Missing Times' is a darkly fascinating analysis of how the mainstream media have been used by government intelligence groups to control information and manipulate the public.
While the book is a superb case study of how significant UFO events, well-reported at local levels, are either altered, marginalized or completely censored by the national media, the real value of the book goes much further. It provides a solidly documented expose of how our world view is shaped by forces not even imagined by most Americans; how the claim of "national security" has been invoked to hide from the public not only legitimate defense-related information, but incompetence, dishonesty and illegal activity as well.
It's a shame that this book will likely be read by a relatively small number of people, mostly those with an interest in UFOs. It should be required reading for every journalism student in the country. In fact, it should be read by anyone who still believes in our system of democracy. It will inform, shock and anger.
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Summary: Excellent scholarship and journalism
Review: After reading this outstanding book, I pulled out my video library and was able to see exactly how NOVA and other media outlets manipulate the viewer. I have always been aware of this, but this book really underscores this phenomena.
It was also fascinating to learn that a Mr. Gene Pope who "started" the National Enquirer on its present path was an MIT grad who had worked for the CIA. This book does belong in every UFO library.
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Summary: Open your mind
Review: Although I've always been quite skeptical of the "alien hypothesis" as an explanation for UFO reports, I have to admit that anyone who takes an honest look into some of the better cases, with multiple witnesses and phenomena that defy all conventional explanations, will be forced to the conclusion that something far outside the bounds of accepted science is going on. Yet the major media avoid discussion of these events, except to ridicule and trivialize the witnesses, and to offer "scientific" explanations that don't hold up. Terry Hansen makes the case that it isn't just coincidence that everyone in the "respectable" national media thinks and acts the same way -- there is likely to be substantial behind the scenes manipulation by intelligence agencies to make it so. He does not by any means *prove* his case, but he does show that it is plausible and consistent with the evidence available. So read this book. It will make you wonder.
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Summary: UFO's and National (Global?) Security
Review: Everyone knows that especially sensitive knowledge and information are managed by censorship, classification, suppression, concealment, and obfuscation through dis- & mis-information, etc. We may be free to say what we think; but we are not free to know everything nor tell everyone everything we know. The fact that this holds true in the realm of UFO's and encounters with aliens only tends to validate the fact of their existence. Once one accepts the premise that there really are ETs more advanced than we (human) earthlings that are free to come and go (and jolly well do so), one can infer all sorts of other things which would (and arguably should) be systematically censored or otherwise controlled. In the case reported, the fact of UFO's hovering over missile sites was perhaps not as sensitive as the fact that they were "dudding our nukes." Who wants to divulge that one piece of our multi-billion dollar MAD triad was good for nothing but shooting a big blank? Who wants to divulge that a nuclear warhead can be rendered ineffective by relatively cheap beams of em energy discharged from an intelligently controlled vehicle that employs some mysterious source of energy to travel in such a way as to violate the "known laws of physics." (Only now are the facts of em techniques to decontaminate radioactive material emerging into the public realm. Likewise, the physics of field propulsion. Do you imagine nothing remains classified? Do you still believe in Santa Claus?) This book is an excellently fashioned piece of the holographic mozaic that would lead one to recognize the truth of a number of things and the plausibility of even more. The media are information and entertainment outlets which, as they become increasingly centralized become increasingly more mangeable. (The bigger the edutainment empire, the easier it is to influence its management and editorial policy.) Does that help one understand FCC and DOJ policy in this area? It is not only the "news media" that are controlled in this way, the very same phenomenon occurs in the scientific media that are broadly circulated. It seems that the wider the distribution, the more carefully managed the information. In other words, if you want to understand the "exotic" (actually mid-20th C) physics behind UFO's, you will not find them in New Scientist, Scientific American, Discover, etc. So, where does that leave the internet?
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Summary: More light shed from a most important angle
Review: I have an extensive library on UFO and related topics. Missing Times is one of my most important books because it so eloquently describes an aspect of the UFO topic which has received such little attention, while being of utmost importance in the shaping of public opinion - the national media. Terry does an outstanding job at logically articulating the role big media has played to cooperatively (although sometimes unwittingly) manage public perception of UFOs and warfare in concert with government throughout this century. He makes sure you are aware of the factual content as opposed to mere theory or conjecture. And make no mistake - there are a number of important and corroborating facts in this book. It is truly a groundbreaking effort on the subject that captured my intense interest from cover to cover. An absolute must read for media students, UFO researchers, and anyone remotely interested in government activities. And consider buying this book for those who can't seem to come to grips with the reality or gravity that public perceptions have been and continue to be managed.
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Summary: Journalism for Critical Thinkers
Review: In The Missing Times, Terry Hansen provides a clear, documented history of the relationships that exists between the national media and the United States Government, particularly on issues of national security. This aspect of the book alone is frightening to one's faith in the media as objective reporters of information. In fact, once you have read this book, you will never read a national daily, or watch a network newscast in quite the same way again. Hansen details how our military and intelligence communities are in the business of shaping public opinion and reaction through information management. How incompetent would they have to have been not to recognize the national media as an indispensable, efficient tool for their goals? Mr. Hansen details the exact mechanisms by which the government exercises their influence over the national media with chilling clarity, right down to CIA infiltration.Local media, without strong connections to Washington D.C., corporate ties to defense contractors or heavy infiltration from intelligence agencies are shown to be less likely to present the government viewpoint, and may present more accurate information on any number of subjects, including UFOs. A picture then evolves of the complicit relationship that exists between the government and the media. Through historical review, Mr. Hansen demonstrates how the press follows a government line when it comes to issues of secrecy and national security. What happens when we insert UFOs into this equation? The answer is a perfect fit; the national media treats UFOs exactly as it does other subjects deemed to be of great national security importance and secrecy. This fact is skillfully demonstrated through an examination of UFO incursions over nuclear missile silos near Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana. Unidentified objects could enter and leave restricted airspace with impunity. Such incidents have obvious national security implications. Widely reported in the local media, these astonishing and well-documented incidents were ignored by the national media until much later. Could the media have been influenced by a government that, despite their protests to the contrary, knows full well that UFOs are a national security issue? Mr. Hansen goes out of his way to avoid speculation, and seems to be calling his fellow citizens not to believe in UFOs, but to be skeptical about what the national media, as a front for the government, tells us about them. It is a wise lesson that you won't forget. The Missing Times is written with clarity and journalistic integrity. It is not a hastily written UFO book full of anecdotes and fuzzy pictures. It is objective reporting of the undeniable relationships between the government, the media, and you. It is also one of the most heavily footnoted books I have ever read, providing proof of the depth of research that went into it. If the Pulitzer Prize were given for merit, quality, insightful analysis and relevance, journalist Terry Hansen would have one on his bookshelf right now.
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Summary: Hansen goes beyond the UFO Controversy
Review: In The Missing Times, Terry Hansen shows how the keepers of "national security" in the US and other countries have controlled the distribution of news about UFOs. He comprehensively documents the relationships between the CIA and other national security entities on one hand and major news media such as the New York Times and network TV on the other hand. In doing this, he provides numerous examples of how these relationships have been used effectively to control the minds of Americans. When you finish the book, you WILL believe that there has been and continues to be collusion between government and media. More importantly, you will develop an understanding of WHY this collusion exists. Hansen is even-handed -- perhaps to a fault. As he presents the history of US government media manipulation in the 20th century, he mostly inveighs against censorship. But he also shows why, in some cases, censorship was probably a net positive for the American people because it galvanized support needed to win wars -- both hot and cold. Hansen shows that, though national security entities have been successful in controlling national media, they have not been able to control local media, such as small-town newspapers, radio, and TV stations. In fact, Hansen's primary modus operandi in the book is to compare reports from these small media with reports on the same events in the national media. He reveals a consistent, strategic pattern of distortion by national media -- with a clear intent to discredit UFO reports. The benefit of reading The Missing Times goes well beyond the UFO cover-up issue. By showing how media censorship works, the book will help you develop a proper skepticism for ALL news reports. That, in turn, will help you make sense out of the media avalanche we experience every day.
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Summary: Hansen goes beyond the UFO Controversy
Review: In The Missing Times, Terry Hansen shows how the keepers of "national security" in the US and other countries have controlled the distribution of news about UFOs. He comprehensively documents the relationships between the CIA and other national security entities on one hand and major news media such as the New York Times and network TV on the other hand. In doing this, he provides numerous examples of how these relationships have been used effectively to control the minds of Americans. When you finish the book, you WILL believe that there has been and continues to be collusion between government and media. More importantly, you will develop an understanding of WHY this collusion exists. Hansen is even-handed -- perhaps to a fault. As he presents the history of US government media manipulation in the 20th century, he mostly inveighs against censorship. But he also shows why, in some cases, censorship was probably a net positive for the American people because it galvanized support needed to win wars -- both hot and cold. Hansen shows that, though national security entities have been successful in controlling national media, they have not been able to control local media, such as small-town newspapers, radio, and TV stations. In fact, Hansen's primary modus operandi in the book is to compare reports from these small media with reports on the same events in the national media. He reveals a consistent, strategic pattern of distortion by national media -- with a clear intent to discredit UFO reports. The benefit of reading The Missing Times goes well beyond the UFO cover-up issue. By showing how media censorship works, the book will help you develop a proper skepticism for ALL news reports. That, in turn, will help you make sense out of the media avalanche we experience every day.
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Summary: A MUST READ!
Review: Terry is a thorough fact-finding Journalist.His book will hopefully make you angry as you add his findings to what you thought all along. Thank you Terry!
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