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01/30/2006 03:36:10 PM · #1 |
First off i am in no way saying what happend to the new correspondant is not tragic and that i feel for his family because i know what they are going through.
My rant is that a news correspondant who gets injured takes the news for the whole day, and is the biggest story next to hamas taking over,
What about those U.S, British, Austrailian and other countries soldiers who are getting injured or killed, they barely even get acknowldged with 10 seconds on the news. what about how their families are feeling.
It just seriously upsets me how HE is so important to those who are actually doing something
So in closing, I Hate U.S based news sources, the only news i read is //www.bbcnews.com
pleas dont take this out of porportion, this is a single persons political view, we all have our own because of our soldiers who are out there doing what they do.
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01/30/2006 04:13:26 PM · #2 |
that is exactly my opinion on the US based news source..
this has been discussed in this thread
and unfortunately I think we are the only one with this opinion ;)
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01/30/2006 04:23:35 PM · #3 |
I share your opinion on the US news sources. It is corporate dollars dictating what propaganda the US public gets backed by the most corrupt regime in history.
Not just my opinion.
Flame retardant suit now donned. Shields up. Scotty, give me all the power ya got.
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01/30/2006 04:28:03 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by TroyMosley:
My rant is that a news correspondant who gets injured takes the news for the whole day, and is the biggest story next to hamas taking over,
What about those U.S, British, Austrailian and other countries soldiers who are getting injured or killed, they barely even get acknowldged with 10 seconds on the news. what about how their families are feeling. |
His injuries get more coverage because he is known to a vast majority of news following public in the U.S. Newspeople have their own "cult of celebrity". Excluding Saddam's sons, Uday and Qusay (sp?), I didn't personally know the names of any of those killed or injured before the beginning of hostilities. I knew who Bob Woodruff was.
Message edited by author 2006-01-30 17:04:15. |
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01/30/2006 04:33:05 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by DanSig:
that is exactly my opinion on the US based news source..
this has been discussed in this thread
and unfortunately I think we are the only one with this opinion ;) |
oh wow, i didnt pay attetion to this thread,
Message edited by author 2006-01-30 16:34:15.
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01/30/2006 04:46:51 PM · #6 |
When journalists become THE story, we usually miss out on what the real story should be about.
Message edited by author 2006-01-30 16:47:09. |
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01/30/2006 05:49:05 PM · #7 |
Sorry, missed out on this news. What has happened? Could someone put up a link?
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01/30/2006 06:04:37 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by Riponlady:
Sorry, missed out on this news. What has happened? Could someone put up a link?
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ABC nightly news anchor Bob Woodruff and a cameraman were badly injured yesterday by a roadside bomb in Iraq. It's been all over the news. |
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01/30/2006 06:09:52 PM · #9 |
a) I think most common people are clueless as to who this dude is, I know I am.
b) reporters protect their own, hence, to a reporter there is no greater horror than an abused victimized reporter...thus, in the mind of reporters the globe over the top story is one of their own being harmed. Remember, this is the breed of individuals (political reporters) who believe that their reporting of the news is actually the important thing. Not the news itself... |
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01/30/2006 06:14:03 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by theSaj:
a) I think most common people are clueless as to who this dude is, I know I am. |
Odd that you say that as if it's a good thing. |
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01/30/2006 06:24:21 PM · #11 |
I agree with your post, Troy. Yes, it's tragic, but they focus too much attention on their own. I feel the same when a cop gets injured or killed. I do feel bad, but why do they show the same story on the news for several days (weeks or months) just because they're a cop? And then they say, "We're not giving up until we get the guy that did this and we're going to make him pay! He's going to get the maximum..." yada yada. Too bad they don't have that same enthusiasm when some random civilian gets murdered.
Anyway....you're right, the BBC has a great news show.
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01/30/2006 07:15:57 PM · #12 |
Thanks for the link. I haven't seen the news bar the headlines today and as you can imagine this reporter is not a household name in the UK so .........
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01/31/2006 07:44:21 AM · #13 |
I have mentioned it in one or two places before, but one of the most poignant things I saw in Vietnam was the war remnants museum in HCMC (Saigon), and the tributes to photo-journalists, usually accompanied by the pictures developed from their last roll of film.
It is a difficult job and news teams are of course going to report on their own: it is a unique insight that one station has when its own reporters suffer injury or death, and the BBC has previously dedicated time to reporting fatalities and near-fatalities that its journalists have suffered. I am not sure that it is worth criticising (unless the reporting overwhelms, rather than sits alongside, other news stories).
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01/31/2006 09:27:00 AM · #14 |
| I'm not saying it's right or wrong, but someone more well known is going to get a lot more press then someone not known. Same story with Pat Tillman. |
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01/31/2006 09:45:41 AM · #15 |
Originally posted by LoudDog:
I'm not saying it's right or wrong, but someone more well known is going to get a lot more press then someone not known. Same story with Pat Tillman. |
Too bad it takes sometimes takes weeks to find out "the story" was wrong. |
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01/31/2006 09:59:48 AM · #16 |
Originally posted by ButterflySis:
I agree with your post, Troy. Yes, it's tragic, but they focus too much attention on their own. I feel the same when a cop gets injured or killed. I do feel bad, but why do they show the same story on the news for several days (weeks or months) just because they're a cop? And then they say, "We're not giving up until we get the guy that did this and we're going to make him pay! He's going to get the maximum..." yada yada. Too bad they don't have that same enthusiasm when some random civilian gets murdered.
Anyway....you're right, the BBC has a great news show. |
Perhaps because they are human - same with the people who put the news shows on ?
I actually quite like our police that way. |
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01/31/2006 10:02:11 AM · #17 |
Originally posted by LoudDog:
I'm not saying it's right or wrong, but someone more well known is going to get a lot more press then someone not known. Same story with Pat Tillman. |
yes Pat Tillman, thats a great American i feel, he gave up god knows how much money and fame, to be a Ranger and fight in Afghanistan.
there was an article this morning on google news, someone wrote a letter on how sad it is the ABC guy got so much coverage.
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01/31/2006 06:37:22 PM · #18 |
Originally posted by TroyMosley:
yes Pat Tillman, thats a great American i feel, he gave up god knows how much money and fame, to be a Ranger and fight in Afghanistan. |
True. A shame that his death was sullied by the US army cover-up. |
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