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Just wondering what everyone thought about the coverage of the war as displayed on CNN and CBC. Personally, I think CNN is more like a soap opera in which events are articulated in such a way that grab peoples attention. I prefer the coverage by CBC, seems less biased but that's just my opinion. What do you think??

On a side note, am I the only one who thinks that watching war unfold live on TV is morally wrong. I mean what gives us the right to sit in front of a TV and watch a war unfold and people die from the comfort of our living rooms....kinda sad I think

there was a poll posted about news networks and the war about a week ago .. flip back a few pages and u'll find it ..

cheers

I vote for:
BET.


(do I have to make a serious comment? OK, I think any media coverage of a war is sad. To us it's brutality and human tragedy, to them it's "news" and ratings.)

CBC all the way!

As if I dont get enough of a pro - American slant when I watch the news!

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Originally posted by dEsidEL there was a poll posted about news networks and the war about a week ago .. flip back a few pages and u'll find it .. cheers

Thanks Desidel

BET ???

Na the only reason I ask this question now is becuase I know how much war footage is left out of the news. I don't know who has seen the picture of a highway (through Bahgdad I believe) after the gulf war. Every car and truck on the highway was burnt to a crisp....most of them looked like civilian cars of Iraqis trying to flee the city. Images like these make me ill

Watching CNN last night made me feel like I was watching an infomercial about the US military (going on about how almighty and powerful they are)

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Originally posted by Special K CBC all the way! As if I dont get enough of a pro - American slant when I watch the news!

AGREED.

Been watching CBC's war coverage ONLY! You get the same news but in my opinion it expessed in a less biased way. I am also suprised to see how much coverage they are giving the the war protests around the world (ie Vancouver) during the bombing. In addition they are showing speeches from other world leaders denoucing the fact that the US has decided to go to war with the world's support!

LONG LIVE THE CBC!

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Originally posted by DigiNut I vote for: BET. (do I have to make a serious comment? OK, I think any media coverage of a war is sad. To us it's brutality and human tragedy, to them it's "news" and ratings.)

All BET has shown is the video for "bombs over baghdad" over and over and over.

it got kind of boring.

...and CNN provides great entertainment as long as you understand the difference between real news and entertainment

What sucks is that the CBC has been in a lot of financial trouble over the past fews years and the federal government has cut funding again. It would be nice to see the CBC as some level similar to that of the BBC, but any forward movement would be good

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Originally posted by Time2Burn All BET has shown is the video for "bombs over baghdad" over and over and over. it got kind of boring.

How dare you! BET never gets boring! I've watched the video for Ja Rule - Thug Lovin' eight times today and it still makes me want to go out and bust some caps!

The problem with CBC is that it's not exactly uniform from city to city... the CBC channel here in Kingston is totally different from the CBC in Toronto, so it's hard to generalize.

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Originally posted by Time2Burn AGREED. Been watching CBC's war coverage ONLY! You get the same news but in my opinion it expessed in a less biased way. I am also suprised to see how much coverage they are giving the the war protests around the world (ie Vancouver) during the bombing. In addition they are showing speeches from other world leaders denoucing the fact that the US has decided to go to war with the world's support! LONG LIVE THE CBC!

my brother who lives in Boston HATES the news down there ! it's so articifical sometimes .. and what's worse is how so many people just believe everything ! i don't mean EVERYONE, but a large portion do.. very very gullible sometimes ..

did any of you guys see that CBC Documentary called: The War Behind Closed Doors ?? excellent story !

What am I gonna watch? Nothing. Because I have a life to live and I refuse to spend EVEN one seconds watching war crap. This is the last time I am posting on this issue. What happened the last time they went to war and the media hyped it? NOTHING. Our lives did not change. What happened when the media hyped y2k? Nothing happened after. Everything was fine. Same with this. NOTHING will happen and then afterwards we are all gonna say "oh that was it". I can't watch ANYTHING amusing on TV right now cause all I hear is war crap.

So in closing. What am I gonna watch? My Rat Race DVD. I encourage allothers to do the same and ignore this media crap. Watch something that is funny. Invite your Friends over. Call it a "I will not get hyped up by the media" party. Order a Pizza, have some drinks. Maybe even invite me over and we havea good laugh remembering how much fun it was and keep the TV off. Humour yourselves and ignore THEM (media) for now. Or at least cut down on watchng the news at least.

CBC is way better...I watched it last night and felt like I was learning something and gaining a better idea of what was going on. On CNN is was the same thing

BREAKING NEWS!!!

Explosions heard!!!

For 4 hours straight

It's funny, cause watching CNN seems so cliche; it makes me think of all the news parodies where they make a big deal out of something so trivial. Mad TV does a good job of it. They act all serious and professional...it's like they're trying too hard.

CBC on the other hand comes up with some new stories, theories, idea's...

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Originally posted by DigiNut How dare you! BET never gets boring! I've watched the video for Ja Rule - Thug Lovin' eight times today and it still makes me want to go out and bust some caps! The problem with CBC is that it's not exactly uniform from city to city... the CBC channel here in Kingston is totally different from the CBC in Toronto, so it's hard to generalize.

hahahaha it's such a good video

I agree with you, it's ranges from city to city but the world news is often the same

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Originally posted by E*Master What am I gonna watch? Nothing. Because I have a life to live and I refuse to spend EVEN one seconds watching war crap. This is the last time I am posting on this issue. What happened the last time they went to war and the media hyped it? NOTHING. Our lives did not change. What happened when the media hyped y2k? Nothing happened after. Everything was fine. Same with this. NOTHING will happen and then afterwards we are all gonna say "oh that was it". I can't watch ANYTHING amusing on TV right now cause all I hear is war crap. So in closing. What am I gonna watch? My Rat Race DVD. I encourage allothers to do the same and ignore this media crap. Watch something that is funny. Invite your Friends over. Call it a "I will not get hyped up by the media" party. Order a Pizza, have some drinks. Maybe even invite me over and we havea good laugh remembering how much fun it was and keep the TV off. Humour yourselves and ignore THEM (media) for now. Or at least cut down on watchng the news at least.

we're not saying watch the war 'crap' 24/7 but there is something to be said about the watching the news and learning what is going on in the world, be it in Iraq. It takes common sense to understand what is news and what is fluff (CNN).

Kinda funny if you check out the CNN website, they have this page where you can actually look at the weapons both sides have for this war. Under weapons of mass destruction, the americans have gas masks, airproof suits, etc (all for defending biological weapons) while the Iraqi's have mustard gas, anthrax, etc.. (all for injuring the americans) Just funny how CNN even perpetrates the Iraq's as the bad guys

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Originally posted by ryanm we're not saying watch the war 'crap' 24/7 but there is something to be said about the watching the news and learning what is going on in the world, be it in Iraq. It takes common sense to understand what is news and what is fluff (CNN). Kinda funny if you check out the CNN website, they have this page where you can actually look at the weapons both sides have for this war. Under weapons of mass destruction, the americans have gas masks, airproof suits, etc (all for defending biological weapons) while the Iraqi's have mustard gas, anthrax, etc.. (all for injuring the americans) Just funny how CNN even perpetrates the Iraq's as the bad guys

yeah I know what u are saying . To me it is all Fluff.

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Originally posted by infinity HiGH BREAKING NEWS! Explosions heard!!! For 4 hours straight

BREAKING NEWS!

Who cares. lol go back to doing E.

I bet u it was a bunch of Iraqis qho had diahrea. They should not eat beans in that kind of massive crowd.

CBC

i do watch CNN but cbc would be my preference

CNN war coverage is like watching a football game.

CNN - The War Network, gotta love the drama

CBC downplays it all. and you hear reports of civilians being killed, US choppers going down by Iraqi anti-aircraft.

so u flip over to CNN and all that CBC reported is said to be 'unconfirmed' by CNN

I really don't like American reporting at all; never have.

CBC all the way...

one thing that you do see with CNN that CBC lacks is all kinds of field correspondants with army/navy/air force divisions.

people movin in on the attack with the soldiers. pretty cool.

Maybe I'm imagining things, but does it not seem like CBC is leaning towards the US's side today? All I heard today is how everybody is surrendering and how great american soldiers are and how they are saving the poor poor poor Iraqis and how the US is winning. Sounded alot like CNN. Meh. (btw..let's not argue on who's right and who's wrong. There is a separate thread for that)

CBC is definitely the better choice for unbiased coverage. For a while though I heard some commotion (sp?) that Global's coverage of the middle east is blatently pro-israeli while CBC's coverage has been viewed as pro-palestinian. (probably because it is unbiased) Any truth to that?

All news is, is a battle of propaganda by either side. When you hear anything on CNN, it is intended to evoke emotion within you to support the war in Iraq. If anti-war protestors are depicted, it will only to the end of making them look barbaric and unpatriotic.

CNN allows the US govt to get away with a lot more than they should because it diverts attention away from the real issues. Did you know that the largest campaign in Afganistan was launches the day after US started striking Iraq!? How much are you hearing about that?

When watching the news, make sure you watch both CNN, CBC, and BBC, so you can cut through the bullshit and see what is actually happening, although it is unlikely you will find out much.

As for the tragedy, the US is doing what it always does... It's setting up a "free country, with democracy and a free market". Then what it has conveniently done (Bush has actually done) is give the rebuilding contracts to major US firms that supported Bush's election campaign. So when the little entrepreneurs in Iraq rejoice in their new business freedom, the huge American companies will be firmly in place, taking over yet another country....

Woh, I hope I don't get black listed!

DJ Katheda

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