Thread: Media gone too far?

I doubt there would be the outrage we`ve seen if the US didn`t use humanitarian rights as a way to get both support amoungst themselves, as well as support from those countries in the Coalition when initially going in.

There are a lot of unusual circumstances surrounding Nick Berg. I don't think he was just a "civilian."

I'm not saying he should have parted ways with head, though.

Berg got his 15 mintues of fame--I am bored with him already.

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if it wasnt for the media (the invisible 4th branch, checks & balances)

the government would be absolutely corrupt !!!!!

kuso, although being a shit, is completely correct.

Originally posted by Dale Mabry
kuso, although being a shit, is completely correct.

Just to make it clear though.....I am a rasther sweet smelling shit

I`m just too drunk to spell rather

Whatcha drinking?

And the govt. isn't corrupt already?

Originally posted by Dale Mabry
Whatcha drinking?

Four Roses Black Label

One other thing re media I've rolled my eyes at more than once is the uproar the US made over pictures of dead soldiers being shown on Iraqi web sites when this began.......yet who then rushed to parade around the dead bodies of Sadams sons?? And who is now plastering the world with images of dead and beaten Iragis??

Originally posted by Michael D
Media gone too far?

you bet'cha!

Nope not at all

You can sugar-coat the war all you want
but i think its best
to show the people whats really going on

screw censoring...

I don't believe in censorship either but we all know war is war. It ain't pretty. Some people can't deal with the reality.

I just get tired of seeing Iraq every day. And maybe it is just me, but 99% of every bit of news is negative. They don't find the Iraqis that are glad Saddam is gone. The ones that can practice the religion they want. The ones that don't have a curfew.

The media plays politics too.

There are good things going on over there as well. You have to wonder why people are not told about them?

Easy answer. The media WANTS the US to fail in Iraq.

Originally posted by Stickboy
There are good things going on over there as well. You have to wonder why people are not told about them?

Easy answer. The media WANTS the US to fail in Iraq.

You got that right Stickboy. It's funny, I was all upset that the media was so blood thirsty over a few killers getting embarrassed but they said nothing about one of our own getting his head cut off. I was also upset that there weren't any Muslim media outlets showing outrage over the incident, then I did some more research. There's TONS of print out there from Muslim based sources that are calling for the capture and punishment of the Nick Berg executioners, funny how there still isn't the same loud voice from American media. Funny in a very sarcastic sort of way.

ALBOB,

We brothers in blue have to stick together.

The US media is so anti-Bush I'm amazed more cannot see it.

For every one bad thing going on in Iraq there are two good things. Unfortunately, about half of Americans couldn't give a shit.

Yeah, I see the anti republican stance and it gets to me too. Kerry really aggravates me on top of that.

CNN is on all the channels at work so that is where I get my news from.

Originally posted by Stickboy
There are good things going on over there as well. You have to wonder why people are not told about them?

Easy answer. The media WANTS the US to fail in Iraq.

I think it is a just a plan fact that US news programs don't report "good" news. A simple fact that the media knows what keeps people glued to the tube........the negitive, the ugly. Why spend precious time reporting "good" story items when it might cause the viewers to switch channels to find more dirt.

The media is responding to our (Americans as a whole) need for the dirt.

Good stories always seem to feel like a token story whenever I see them. I don't watch the news much anymore.