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Posted by hausmusic on Jul-29-2004 06:27:

doo doo head an poo poo hole? stfu

http://www.pollingreport.com/iraq.htm
Here digifuk

Read it

I don't have any more energy. You spent all that time analyzing my writing. What a fukup hahah lol. That�s your part in the debate?

What I meant by national identity was your culture, your history, your religion, your way of doing things, your interests.


Posted by tiesto14 on Jul-29-2004 07:13:

quote:
Originally posted by hausmusic
Man I don�t know how to break this to you but Bush is responsible for the deaths of children. When the war was waged its well-documented fact (NOT FROM MOORE) that all the Iraq insurgents merged into the city. Only a few Palaces were destroyed and the rest are still in use not by the people of Iraq but by the US f***ing Military.



"well-documented fact"?....link please, article please, briefing please, anything to back that up please....if it is WELL-documented then it won't take you too long...


quote:
Originally posted by hausmusic
The military has used chemical weapons in Baghdad which will remain in the atmosphere for years. Causing many forms of respiratory diseases.



Where did you get this from?...
What kind of chemical weapons?
Just in Baghdad?
Respiratory diseases?

can you back that up?



quote:
Originally posted by hausmusic
You know what we see on TV here in Canada we see how sorry your lives are in America... post 9/11 your government has built a new chapter on propaganda far worse than the nazis and ever Hitler could ever do..



Sick...now you compare the US government to the Third Reich?...do you take medication?..And um i do not think you have any understanding of the sort of propaganda that Hitler used..but whatever eh!


quote:
Originally posted by hausmusic
You need to read facts!..


you need to post some.


quote:
Originally posted by hausmusic
And what are O'rielly's arguments? Who gives a shit? Bush didn�t tell the truth any excuse O'reilly made where hardly sufficiant to excuse bush. You weren�t part of the millions of people around the world that protested the war; bush made sure you didn�t see much of that.!..



Yes , yes...Bush and his coherts yelled and screamed at Rupert Murdoch not to show the protests on his news channels so we would be blinded....are you out of your friggen mind? i saw all the protests on Fox, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, FNC, NBC, BBC..all on my American television...i saw lots of that...



quote:
Originally posted by hausmusic
Umm. You just wont get it will you. Before Americans could travel the world received by everyone with open arms. Now try and go anywhere everyone hates Americans. You don�t call beheading of Americans a threat. These people didn�t appear out of thin air, they are there because of America because of its government's policies. You don�t call kidnapping of Japanese; Chinese & Pakistani people a threat. You don�t call the bombing in Spain a threat. .!..


This is funny....

beheading Americans...ok ok..where is that happening numb nuts?..RIGHT RIGHT in Iraq..and i totally forgot pre-war in Iraq Americans were ALWAYS embraced with warm and loving admiration when they walked through Iraq..

Everyone hates America?...not quite...maybe everyone hates the Bush administration...but i dont think any living soul can really deny that America is the land of oppurtunity...it has its problems liek the next country ..no country is infallible.

Those beheaders have been around since the Afghan-Soviet war...before there was Taliban or Al Queda...stop pulling facts out of thin air.



quote:
Originally posted by hausmusic
Ok so what your saying is that we should let the US government be the governing body of the world that makes all decisions and has the right to choose the fate of children around the world. Okaaay~.!..



thats a tough one....no we should not govern..but when intervention is needed and no one else has the balls to help out then yes America should intervene...for example we should of gone into Rwanda faster...cus God knows Canada didnt have the balls..



quote:
Originally posted by hausmusic
I'm going to explain again pay attention this time.
Suicide bombings/beheadings = al-qaeda
Insurgents = Iraqi people (men women children Muslims and Christians) who want US out they do not kill their own that�s what your media wants you to believe... or probably what you want to believe.~.!..



It's not just AL-Qaeda...there is also Al Martyrs Brigade or whatever those maniacs are called.

Oh and there has been NO uprisings in Iraq since the start of the war...



quote:
Originally posted by hausmusic
Why don�t YOU try and prove to me that the same or even half or even quarter amount of people would have died (since the war in Iraq) if Sadaam was in power. Plus Look up for translation of insurgents they don�t kill their own. .~.!..



I know i am tlaking about before the war..but the same shit would be going on today if Husseinw as still in power...FACT!..so it is VERY relivant.

Human Rights Watch concluded that 290,000 Iraqis have disappeared under Hussein�s control over the past decade and a half.

Or how, since the start of the war, the remains of some 400,000 people have been found in mass graves. This rivals 1994�s Rwandan genocide.

How about the countless confessions of Iraqi torture?

Then there are the eyewitness accounts of people shot and thrown into trenches, others burned alive on 20 foot wide piles of tires.

And let�s not forget how the Kurds where used as guinei pigs for Saddam�s chemical and biological testing, or do you not know that he wiped out entire towns - men, women, children and animals?

Iraq�s Mass graves get almost no attention, the protestors and liberals prefer to discuss unseen WMDs than obvious scenes of mass death. This is proven by the Nexis database which shows from January 1, 2004 to July 7, 2004 that America�s so-called best paper, The New York Times, had 260 references to Iraq and �weapons of mass destruction� yet only 6 to Iraq and �mass graves�.


It�s far easier to slam Bush on Iraq while some 400,000 Iraqis would loudly defend him, but instead are busy decomposing.



quote:
Originally posted by hausmusic
Its not religion, Al qaeda is made up of Muslims but the people protesting against America are of every religion. And their reason is united.



About protestors...someone posted this a long time ago..not sure who:

Let's face it, protestors are like pop music. They protest whatever is the flavor of the month. How many protests do you hear about Tibet nowadays? Not cool anymore? China? Nothing's gonna change so why protest. The atrocities in North Korea? Ah not publisized enough. Women's rights in the middle east? The gender revolution is over. How many people protested when the world came the closest it's been to nuclear war since the cold war? Anybody remember that whole spat when India & Pakistan almost went to war? Too stupid to realize how significant that was. Nobody protests a dictatorship anymore because their lazy ... they know nothings going to happen. Ahhh but a democracy ... there's where the action is. What's the flavor of the month for the 21st century? Big government. G8 summits, WTO meetings, globalization. Gimme a break, like there aren't actually people suffering that they can't protest about??? What about Africa? If people's protest's reflected world conditions, 99.9% of all protests would revolve around civil wars, poverty, starvation & the Aids crisis in Africa. But eh who really cares about a few million Africans anymore? Cmon that was a 80's thing.


Posted by tiesto14 on Jul-29-2004 07:20:

quote:
Originally posted by hausmusic

The question would you send your children to war means how would you feel if you made a decision that means sending you child to war or saying at home.
HOW WOULD YOU FEEL ABOUT IT! RETARD
You won't feel good obviously if the reason for going to war is one you do not agree with.



American soldiers are NOT forced to sign up...the military is 100000% volintary.....No parent sends any child to war..the arguement is bunk.

Soldiers DO NOT have the right to agree or disagree with the war...they signed the dotted line...they should do their job and protect their country..thats what they signed up for...


quote:
Originally posted by hausmusic
I HAVE NOT SEEN MOORE�S movie. All my info is based on real facts and what I can see on BBC and CBC, which is information enough for me to decide that the Bush Administration messed up.


LoL BBC?....ya their not America bashers....thats like me saying i know the facts because i watch Fox News and that shows me how messed up John Kerry is....lol...

Please stop taking Chomsky out of your library...he is an evil evil man ...lol


Posted by policerobots on Jul-29-2004 09:39:

I liked it when Moore said he would find the one man who killed the 3000 people on US soil. It is a good example of the idealistic views liberals have on this world. How are you going to just find one man whos running around in different countries? It would be nice to just find him and capture him, but realistically its impossible.

Everyone knows when a war happens people die. does anyone like to hear the news when people die? no. But some realize that war is just a reality in the world, as it has been for thousands of years, and sometimes it just has to be used.

its just sad that all of these terrorist things have piled up for the past 20 years and we are finally trying to do something about it now.


Posted by hausmusic on Jul-29-2004 11:11:

http://www.internationalanswer.org/pdf/DUIraq-703.pdf

US use Depleted Uranium in Bagdad which is known to cause respiratory diseases...

You dont have to tell me Hussain was a brutal dictator but as you can see i proved my point that A LOT more people would be living if Hussain was still in power.

It's not a fact but I've traveled alot and most of the people I meet hate 'Americans in the government' as i said, not 'America' as you said. I'm not going to post a whole long article about how and why people hate Americans google it under 'USA mistrust' or around that you should have no problem getting a lot of stuff.

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Those beheaders have been around since the Afghan-Soviet war...before there was Taliban or Al Queda


is that a fact. And who trained Osama Bin Laden?

Listen from one human being to another it's not about balls. Any jackoff can pull a trigger. Its about choosing the democratic and productive way. You have to be more mature about things like this. Otherwise you create enimies which respond by killing your own.

Canada doesnt have an army and hopefully will not need it cause we look for a peacefull solution. YOu dont see us getting any terror threats do you?. I wonder why that is?

You have to have better solutions than sanctions and war. Your talking about balls as if you have them. Your not in Iraq so STFU. If you went you would see what its like first hand, your sitting back relaxed while other families are sending their kids. YES it doesnt take a scientist to figure out you volunteer for the war. Dont most people enlist in the researves to cover costs of college and stuff... they dont expect to go to war. Its 2004 wer not savages.

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Human Rights Watch concluded that 290,000 Iraqis have disappeared under Hussein�s control over the past decade and a half.


Site that

People have aids rallies to get money to find a cure for aids. WHy would they need to protest Aids.

India and Pakistan ?? Nuclear war?
Well they didnt go to war and now have the best relations since partition. Pakistan and India are both democratic countries... and what?

well its all inter related isnt it. America gives money for something in return. Its never a generous helping hand its always a headlock... countries like Pakistan end up suffering because the US controls them financially.

forget it believe what you want I don't think Bush's depature will make much of a difference. As long as there are no more wars thats all I care about.


Posted by LiquidX on Jul-29-2004 12:23:

quote:
Originally posted by policerobots
I liked it when Moore said he would find the one man who killed the 3000 people on US soil. It is a good example of the idealistic views liberals have on this world. How are you going to just find one man whos running around in different countries? It would be nice to just find him and capture him, but realistically its impossible.

Everyone knows when a war happens people die. does anyone like to hear the news when people die? no. But some realize that war is just a reality in the world, as it has been for thousands of years, and sometimes it just has to be used.

its just sad that all of these terrorist things have piled up for the past 20 years and we are finally trying to do something about it now.


I'll tell you. US main goal before the War on Iraq was to find Bin Ladin in Afghanistan ( where he was supposedly hiding ), and all of the sudden, we went for Iraq.. what did Saddam have to do with Iraq?!?! Nothing, No proofs nor evidence on this matter, and you could find this on the 9/11 Commission report if ANY of yuo DARE to say.. Evidence Evidence please. All Investigative agencies said they never SAID that Iraq had links to Bin Ladin's.

Now, for obvious reasons.. as historians once said. If we enter Iraq with no real reason and try to input something that the middle east is not used to, or change the way they view tings ( Democracy in this case ) .. we would do the opposite, create more hate and therefore strengthen terrorism, and you want evidence?!?!..well, it's all over the news. Iraq is the meltingpot for terrorism, hence every group that hates americans, has entered there to fight us... and Al Quaeda has just grown. Because of the War on Iraq, we took a lot of intelligence out from searching Bin Ladin to focus on Iraq.. getting out of it nothing, but yeah, right wings will say.. " We Took a Dictator Out, A Malicious Dictator".. Ok, how many Mailicous dictators there are in the freaking world, we got Neighbors such as Chavez and Fidel Castro.. not to mention North Korea which is a REAL threat to the US. Secondly, was taking a Malicious dictator the purpose for the war?!?!NOOOO !!! Bush clearly said that it was " THE WEAPONS OF MASS DISTRUCTION!!!!" .. so its not a lefty propaganda, it wass BUSH's propaganda, now everyone asks.. WTF happened to those weapons?!?! THAT was the mere reason.. but now, since he messed up so baaaaad, the only good reason is.. " WE TOOK A BAD DICTATOR OUT".. and thats all you guys can come up to back up your supported war on IRaq. SMART Smart.


Posted by LiquidX on Jul-29-2004 12:28:

quote:
Originally posted by Orbital32
you know i'm think i'm going to vote for Bush... ONLY cuz i hate Micheal Moore so much. I don't belive in the way he "represents" me. If he would asked me if i should send my son (if i had one) to iraq i would say no. Nobody wants to send their kids to war. BUT that is not my choice to make. When my kid turns 18 he is legally and morally old enough to make his own decision. I would support their decision, not tell them they are going to die in vain.


Allright. I get your point, but voting for someone else ( either candidate ) just because you hate Moore.. its plain rediculous.. the most rediculous post Ive read so far.. as if we are all voting because of Moore.. Riiiighttt..

PS: Moore is an extremist Lefty.. I do not agree with some of the things he presented, I just believe he gave a really good point that many people are blindly to see, only here in America.


Posted by Shakka on Jul-29-2004 14:09:

quote:
Originally posted by hausmusic
http://www.internationalanswer.org/pdf/DUIraq-703.pdf

US use Depleted Uranium in Bagdad which is known to cause respiratory diseases...



Oh no...not the depleted uranium again. There are some threads in this post debunking a lot of that if I'm not mistaken.

Here's One

Occrider has added a link to the WHO for information on depleted uranium. I take it you got your information from the flash video. Don't believe everything you see on the Internet--especially if it's animated. Be glad they're not fighting with enriched uranium!


Posted by MisterOpus1 on Jul-29-2004 14:49:

Cripes man, I get wrapped up in those long-winded Creationist/Evolutionist threads, and look at all the gems I have to pass up!

Ehh, the debate between these two idiots is a blowhard match of extremist bullshit. I honestly hope they bring knives next time - I doubt the world would lose too much sleep if they both murdered one another.

As for the DU thingy, ehh, I personally have a difficult time putting my trust in everything conducted by the Pentagon, even the WHO. Politics always gives a gray area on these particular issues, and unfortunately it's no different in regards to health issues. But I will take the WHO and Royal Society reports at face value and concede their findings to a large extent.

But damnit, I just can't seem to find my tin foil hat anywhere? Y'all know where it is?:

http://www.sundayherald.com/print40096

http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/050104D.shtml


MUUHAAAHAAAHAAAA!!!!!


Posted by BadBadNeil on Jul-29-2004 15:51:

quote:
Originally posted by hausmusic

quote:
Umm. You just wont get it will you. Before Americans could travel the world received by everyone with open arms. Now try and go anywhere everyone hates Americans. You don�t call beheading of Americans a threat. These people didn�t appear out of thin air, they are there because of America because of its government's policies. You don�t call kidnapping of Japanese; Chinese & Pakistani people a threat. You don�t call the bombing in Spain a threat.


I get it just fine. Those people aren't Americans, they are foreigners. You explicitly said American's are less safe. American's in general are not less safe. Sure American's within Iraq are less safe. Bombings happen every day around the world and have happened for years before 9/11 and before the war in Iraq. Bombers will use any current event as an excuse to attack anyone at anytime.

quote:
Ok so what your saying is that we should let the US government be the governing body of the world that makes all decisions and has the right to choose the fate of children around the world. Okaaay~ .


No, I'm saying the UN didn't pass a resolution against the war. I'm just stating facts. Sure lots of the UN members didn't agree with the war but in the end it didn't show up in the UN. You are twisting what I am saying.

quote:
I'm going to explain again pay attention this time.
Suicide bombings/beheadings = al-qaeda
Insurgents = Iraqi people (men women children Muslims and Christians) who want US out they do not kill their own that�s what your media wants you to believe... or probably what you want to believe.


I always pay attention. So now you say that Al-Qaeda is in Iraq, before they weren't in Iraq. Make up your mind. Insurgents who target American forces with roadside bombs and other attacks have killed hundreds of their own people, it happens on a daily basis. Do you honestly believe that all the attacks which killed Iraquis was Al-Qaida. Please don't be so naive. Also please leave the media out of it, thats such a childish response to an argument. Don't act like your media is the high and mighty news authority on the world.


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Why don�t YOU try and prove to me that the same or even half or even quarter amount of people would have died (since the war in Iraq) if Sadaam was in power. Plus Look up for translation of insurgents they don�t kill their own.


I base this on the mass graves found in Iraq and the testimony of the people on tv in Iraq who have lost their loved ones. You can find the video yourself if you wish. If not then you can believe what you will.

quote:

I could go on trying to make endless arguments but I realize now the extent of this propaganda you people get. It's seriously sickening you don�t know or you don�t want to know what�s really going on in the world around you. You don�t understand the issues obviously for anyone to understand the issues you have to look on both sides of the story. Just for a minute think about why everyone in the world got together and made America look from Saviors to the Condemned. It's not politically motivated its not helping the Democrats if America looks like shit. Its not religion, Al qaeda is made up of Muslims but the people protesting against America are of every religion. And their reason is united.

Again the propaganda argument. You don't understand that no ones forces us to do anything. We are free to read the papers we wish, view the news we wish, read the internet for news. The only thing sickening is that you base your arguments on the opinion that Americans are not as well informed as you.

People got together because they don't like war. NO one likes war because people die. But what do you protest now? You can't protest the war, because the confilct against a known enemy is done. Will you protest the rebuilding of Iraq? That is the current phase what is done is done and from this point on the focus is to make Iraq safe, have its own government, and get our troops the hell out of there.

People of many races protest many things from ecological to military to wars to starvation to aids and disease. People protest because they are for or against something and you can't please everyone no matter the cause.


Posted by policerobots on Jul-29-2004 20:33:

Yes the stuff reported on the news should be taken with caution, as u see CNN and other channels being very liberal and FoxNews being conservative.

what is sad about liberal news channels is that they report soldiers getting killed, or the green zone getting attacked, yet they dont report on how iraq has a new central bank, schools and universities, and many other things. Saddam is gone already so the focus needs to be on rebuilding.


Posted by LiquidX on Jul-29-2004 23:26:

quote:
Originally posted by policerobots
Yes the stuff reported on the news should be taken with caution, as u see CNN and other channels being very liberal and FoxNews being conservative.

what is sad about liberal news channels is that they report soldiers getting killed, or the green zone getting attacked, yet they dont report on how iraq has a new central bank, schools and universities, and many other things. Saddam is gone already so the focus needs to be on rebuilding.


Ok, let me get it right.. since when is CNNN liberal?!?!.. Did you know that about 70% of FOX news viewers are Right WIng?!?.. and did you know that more then 50% of the people that watch Fox News.. BELIEVE!!! that Saddam was behind 9/11?? False information at best, which is rather scary, isnt it?!?.. thats something for you to think about.

Theres not really a liberal media here in the United States, more like moderate I would say, which CNN falls more closely too.

Is not about the schools and churches or whatever is been built in Iraq, is about the REAL situation going on, and the American people has been blindly diverted from the real pictures and meanings of the war in Iraq perfectly, and for obvious reasons. The media praised with euphoria when the war started, with such great images that would make any american proud.. and thats great, but thats not what the real pictures or news were about.

Go out of the bubble that the US media stands in, and you will probably get a real grip or feel of the War in Iraq.. if to you is better to see a school been opened and hide the number of deaths.. then you are not wanting to receive the real truth, which is hurtful.. isnt it?.
And this is where I come about against the Right Wings.. they ( Fox News ) likes to feed what the audience wants to see, in many times, hiding the real illusion of things, and portraying only the pretty side.. never showing the whole picture of the situation. The American Media lacks this professionalism, which really needs to be checked up or be regulated.. honestly.


Posted by DigiNut on Jul-29-2004 23:44:

quote:
Originally posted by LiquidX
Theres not really a liberal media here in the United States, more like moderate I would say, which CNN falls more closely too.

That's a joke, right? CNN is definitely what I'd call conservative more than liberal - same with Fox News - but they tilt no further to the right than ABC, CBS and NBC do to the left. Print media follows similar patterns - papers like the NY Times and Washington Post are quite liberal, whereas the LA Times and Wall Street Journal are distinctly conservative.

By no means am I denying that CNN and Fox News are biased, but so are all the other major networks, just in the leftward direction. If you really want me to I'm sure I can dig up many, many studies and surveys which have proven this to be the case. There was a journalist who worked at CBS for nearly 30 years that even wrote two whole books on the horrible bias.

Denying that network news is liberally biased is like denying that Texas is Christian biased.


Posted by Q5echo on Jul-30-2004 00:08:

no doubt network news leans left

totally agree that Foxnews leans Right. add to that, they are as overt about it as they are "fair and balanced" also.

gotta disagree with the opinion CNN is more conservative than liberal. IMO they are very subtle, almost disingenuous sometimes, with there political commentary. i'm talking about their prime time news channel BTW, not HeadlineNews channel


Posted by tiesto14 on Jul-30-2004 03:35:

quote:
Originally posted by hausmusic

You dont have to tell me Hussain was a brutal dictator but as you can see i proved my point that A LOT more people would be living if Hussain was still in power.



You did no such thing.


quote:
Originally posted by hausmusic
is that a fact. And who trained Osama Bin Laden?


American CIA and Pakistani ISI...what's your point? Oh thats right, just because we trained ALLIES at the time to fight in proxy against the Soviets that means WHAT?...nothing...nothing at all. There was no Taliban then nor was there Al Qaueda...


quote:
Originally posted by hausmusic
You have to have better solutions than sanctions and war. Your talking about balls as if you have them. Your not in Iraq so STFU. If you went you would see what its like first hand, your sitting back relaxed while other families are sending their kids. YES it doesnt take a scientist to figure out you volunteer for the war. Dont most people enlist in the researves to cover costs of college and stuff... they dont expect to go to war. Its 2004 wer not savages.



Well you're not in Iraq either...so maybe you should "STFU" as well. Neither one of us, nor anyone on here, can actually say what they feel..only they can. Maybe some are happy to be liberated, at any cost..while some are pissed off...but i gather more people are happier with Saddam out of power.

Ya well you sat back in safe old Canada while i was walking distance from the WTC on 9.11...you where safe with the moose while i saw people running for their lives right past me...you where safe drinking a Molson and watching your Maple Leafs loose, yet, another game while i witnessed 9.11 with my own eyes in Manhattan...so if you ask me do i feel safer, now that America is takg no shit and elimanting people like Saddam..yes i do.

My friend's cousin just got back from Iraq, after serving 3 years in Korea...he was honored to protect his country even though he lost friends in combat...My brother's friend is a Navy Seal and has been away since the afternoon of 9.11..when my brother speaks to him he is also honored to fight for this country...and i am sure there are countless others who are honored.

And "NO" families are sending their kids to war...the soldier sent himself when he signed up for the military...it is VOLINTARY....If you sign up you HAVE to think about what happens if you do go to war..in fact recruiters tell you there is a possibility you could be called up...people are well aware of the fact that they could go to war..if they dont then they are morons to begin with. And most of the young troops signed up within the past 3-4 years...KNOWING 9.11 happened and we are at war...a soldier that is 18-23 ALLLLLLLLLLLL know that we are at war..because they had to of signed up within the past 4 years...knowing 9.11 happened...they CHOSE to go.




quote:
Originally posted by hausmusic
People have aids rallies to get money to find a cure for aids. WHy would they need to protest Aids.



you're missing the point...just like a liberal...read between the lines.


quote:
Originally posted by hausmusic
India and Pakistan ?? Nuclear war?
Well they didnt go to war and now have the best relations since partition. Pakistan and India are both democratic countries... and what?



LOL LOL...oh so they stopped argueing over Kashmer?....you make me laugh.



quote:
Originally posted by hausmusic
well its all inter related isnt it. America gives money for something in return. Its never a generous helping hand its always a headlock... countries like Pakistan end up suffering because the US controls them financially.



Now i do not claim to know a lot...but what you just posted makes no sense...Pakistan is controlled by the US financially?...what in the world are you talkg about? We JUST regained a friendship with Pakistan after 9.11...whats in the water in your neighborhood? stop drinking it please.



quote:
Originally posted by hausmusic
forget it believe what you want I don't think Bush's depature will make much of a difference. As long as there are no more wars thats all I care about.


YOu mean American wars..or wars in general...i think you mean American wars...you seemt to have a deep rooted hatred for America...i have news for you...there will always be war...there has been since the begining of time. Has nothing to do with Bush.


Posted by policerobots on Jul-30-2004 04:05:

yes navy seals and other special operaitons forces have been gone since the day of 9/11 its pretty nuts

they get the coolest toys to play with in the world


Posted by LiquidX on Jul-30-2004 04:45:

quote:
Originally posted by DigiNut
That's a joke, right? CNN is definitely what I'd call conservative more than liberal - same with Fox News - but they tilt no further to the right than ABC, CBS and NBC do to the left. Print media follows similar patterns - papers like the NY Times and Washington Post are quite liberal, whereas the LA Times and Wall Street Journal are distinctly conservative.

By no means am I denying that CNN and Fox News are biased, but so are all the other major networks, just in the leftward direction. If you really want me to I'm sure I can dig up many, many studies and surveys which have proven this to be the case. There was a journalist who worked at CBS for nearly 30 years that even wrote two whole books on the horrible bias.

Denying that network news is liberally biased is like denying that Texas is Christian biased.


I never said that CNN was liberal, and I can agree with you alot on that, just that I stick to the fact that CNN and the other networks are the closest to been MODERATE.. compared to the obvious fox channel.


Posted by policerobots on Jul-30-2004 06:07:

foxnews is funny...."fair and balanced" yea right!
every look at their polls at their website? its hilarious how conservative it is
but hey im conservative so what the hell


Posted by Shakka on Jul-30-2004 14:12:

quote:
Originally posted by policerobots
foxnews is funny...."fair and balanced" yea right!
every look at their polls at their website? its hilarious how conservative it is
but hey im conservative so what the hell


It's no secret that Fox News finally offers an alternative to the liberal network news that has been stuffed down our throats for years. What I find funny is how badly liberals seem to want to censor Fox News BECAUSE it presents a more conservative point of view. What about FREE SPEECH, guys??? Does it really bother liberals THAT much that Conservatives have a media outlet as well? Wow, talk about a power hungry group of freedom haters! They have nothing to complain about.

And *Newsflash* most of the "conservative" content on Fox News that liberals complain about is O'Reilly, Hannity, etc. i.e. Shows that are not "News" shows, rather are talk shows which are designed to have an opinion on matters, one way or another. When it comes to straight news(Fox & Friends Morning Show aside--all morning news shows are gay), Fox offers better, more comprehensive news coverage of what's going on in the world. There are more news stories covered, more content delivered--finally an alternative to CNN(Which yes, leans more to the left than to the right--sorry guys, it's true).


Posted by Flotser on Jul-30-2004 14:50:

Thumbs up

quote:
Originally posted by Shakka
And *Newsflash* most of the "conservative" content on Fox News that liberals complain about is O'Reilly, Hannity, etc. i.e. Shows that are not "News" shows, rather are talk shows which are designed to have an opinion on matters, one way or another. When it comes to straight news(Fox & Friends Morning Show aside--all morning news shows are gay), Fox offers better, more comprehensive news coverage of what's going on in the world. There are more news stories covered, more content delivered--finally an alternative to CNN(Which yes, leans more to the left than to the right--sorry guys, it's true).


i also think the same....

also something i used to like about fox news was that when they interview people - they not only ask them ready made questions but create a good debate with the person they interview.


and to the topic,
its a real kaka i missed this debate between O & M but i read it now, and its too short, but cool


Posted by St_Andrew on Jul-30-2004 16:11:

quote:
Originally posted by Shakka
And *Newsflash* most of the "conservative" content on Fox News that liberals complain about is O'Reilly, Hannity, etc. i.e. Shows that are not "News" shows, rather are talk shows which are designed to have an opinion on matters, one way or another. When it comes to straight news(Fox & Friends Morning Show aside--all morning news shows are gay), Fox offers better, more comprehensive news coverage of what's going on in the world. There are more news stories covered, more content delivered


then why do every investigation i have seen on people watching different news sources always show that fox news watchers are the most missinformed?

quote:
finally an alternative to CNN(Which yes, leans more to the left than to the right--sorry guys, it's true).


That is certainly relative. I live in scandinavia, a rather "left" place. Most people here would consider CNN either right, or far right and extrealy pro american. and that is even tho i guess the international version of CNN is less so than the american version. You see many things in the swedish television that you will never see on CNN. yet they are not anti american in any way, they do show what good things are happening too, just that they are not very pro *something* and they actually critizice things like before the iraq war. i don't say it is unbiased - it is far from, but much less biased than most of the american medias i have seen. only way to actually get a fair world picture is too look at several medias from several parts of the world - which many people on this forums does.


Posted by Shakka on Jul-30-2004 16:34:

Relative is a good word St. Andrew. Admittedly I have not had much exposure to Swedish TV(Just funny Swedish news stories). Relatively speaking, CNN is probably further to the right than your typical Swedish news channel given that Sweden tends to fall more on the leftward side of the political spectrum. I'd clarify to say that from an American point of view, I see CNN as left of center.


Posted by BadBadNeil on Jul-30-2004 16:34:

I dont know why people tend to think that American news broadcasts only show good things happening, when I tend to see the opposite. They typically only show the bad things happening in Iraq and rarely show any positive news, even if some does exist. They ignore the soldiers interaction with the people and my biggest complaint about any tv media is they all focus on the story of the moment and it almost appears as though nothing else is happening in the world other than little snippets. Even though it may be biased I think CNN probably has the best coverage of American TV simply because its on more than the other networks. Fox tends to have lots of opinion based shows or one on one shows while the major networks like NBC, ABC, and CBS have to cram everything in short half hour news networks.


Posted by policerobots on Jul-30-2004 17:45:

yea the term relative is good
but then again in america u have nutcases that are so left they fall off the earth


Posted by Shakka on Jul-30-2004 17:46:

quote:
Originally posted by policerobots
yea the term relative is good
but then again in america u have nutcases that are so left they fall off the earth


No, they are so left that they slide into California--home of all the fruits and nuts.


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