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01/08/2007 11:25:05 PM · #1 |
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01/08/2007 11:34:19 PM · #2 |
Yes, and this is how so many people form opinions on the situation in Iraq as well as things all over the world. Media is not to be trusted.
Thanks for the heads up. |
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01/08/2007 11:37:03 PM · #3 |
| That is pretty good. I love the quote near the end about being misinformed. |
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01/08/2007 11:39:25 PM · #4 |
| i have seen that before....isn't the situation bad enough....why are reporters always trying to make the bad, worse and the good, bad???? |
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01/08/2007 11:41:47 PM · #5 |
Kelly, I agree completely. Even without doctored photos you'd never know the complete truth on anything because one news source slants this way and the other slants that way. What they report could be somewhat truthful but the way in which they report it will cause the viewer to get an incomplete view of the whole. (This could be a whole separate thread. :-D )
Skyler - I love that quote too!
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01/08/2007 11:43:09 PM · #6 |
Oh, and I must say - that first image. What a crap clone job that guy did!
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01/08/2007 11:44:58 PM · #7 |
You should watch this one...
I remember several of these scenes. In particular the one of the father and son behind the 50gallon drumb. I felt a lot of emotion over that incident and felt Israel went too far. Watch this video and you find out that Israel never even left the police station.
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_B1H-1opys
Welcome to Pallywood...
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01/08/2007 11:48:27 PM · #8 |
Thanks, Saj. I'll have to watch it tomorrow. It's a bit long...and it's late here. Have a good night!
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01/08/2007 11:50:53 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by angela_packard:
why are reporters always trying to make the bad, worse and the good, bad???? |
Because it sells. |
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01/09/2007 12:05:48 AM · #10 |
and that's why i don't watch tv news.
cbc and bbc radio for internatinal, andthe paper and local radio for local.
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01/09/2007 12:15:26 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by skylercall:
Originally posted by angela_packard:
why are reporters always trying to make the bad, worse and the good, bad???? |
Because it sells. |
Exactly. It goes against everything Journalist are taught in media ethics courses, but in the end money rules ...
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01/09/2007 08:55:10 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by CalliopeKel:
Yes, and this is how so many people form opinions on the situation in Iraq as well as things all over the world. Media is not to be trusted.
Thanks for the heads up. |
Thats a pretty harsh statement there. Are you suggesting that all media cannot be trusted?
Personally I form my opinions about whats going on in Iraq by talking to the soldiers who have been there, maybe you should try it, its not all that great like the White House would have you think.
MattO
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01/09/2007 10:16:30 AM · #13 |
As the Twain quote pointed out very well, it is a mistake to assume that news is objective. It is influenced by many sources even before the journos arrive (eg US prohibition on filming of coffins).
There are some unfortunate examples here of poor judgment by the responsible photographers.
Some unlikely shots may be remarkable but naturally occurring (toys in rubble must be something that photographers watch out for) and a photographer is automatically portraying a bias in what stories he covers and how.
It should also be acknowledged that people make mistakes (eg of dates or of which event is depicted, or even what is being depicted) and there are a lot of people involved between the scene and the news going to press.
It should also be acknowledged that in the current example, there is a very sharp focus on (mis)management of the press by Lebanese people. They are far from alone in wishing to present their position in the most favourable light to their cause and cast others into a shadow.
Arguably, the existence of a number of these films focussing so closely on one side of the Lebanon conflict suggests that this is a media counter-attack by pro-Israeli sources.
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01/09/2007 10:26:06 AM · #14 |
Originally posted by angela_packard:
i have seen that before....isn't the situation bad enough....why are reporters always trying to make the bad, worse and the good, bad???? |
Easy... Can you say Pulitzer? I knew you could. Welcome to the neighbourhood. |
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01/09/2007 10:29:37 AM · #15 |
Originally posted by legalbeagle:
It should also be acknowledged that in the current example, there is a very sharp focus on (mis)management of the press by Lebanese people. They are far from alone in wishing to present their position in the most favourable light to their cause and cast others into a shadow.
Arguably, the existence of a number of these films focussing so closely on one side of the Lebanon conflict suggests that this is a media counter-attack by pro-Israeli sources. |
That's exactly what I thought when I clicked to get to the aish.com
Bashing is bashing, no matter who does it. |
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