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| quote: | Originally posted by FuzzyGreen
Ok, maybe my point wasn't clear. Sorry for the confusion, what I meant was to show a satire about how the media and masses blast us with these Iraqi prisoner abuse with front page headlines for 7 days straight, yet even the 9/11 jumpers got less press coverage. How often have you seen front page headlines with pictures showing Saddam's tourture men rape a woman and kill her in front of her family? How about the Cole bombing? I think it was talked about for about 2 days total. Um, the Madrid bombings, I only saw it on the news for about three days and even then they censored the pictures. The media is biased against the United States, that was my point. |
I can't tell you how often I saw those pictures of people jumping on 9/11. Those pictures were in the news a helluva lot, so where were you?
As for the Madrid and Cole bombings, I believe they were talked about a great deal more than you are attempting to persuade. I certainly recall seeing the Madrid coverage for at least a week or two, as well as the pictures of the dead and injured. Again, where were you?
The reason why the media is latching onto these pictures is pretty simple: it's unbelievable that Americans, let alone military men and women would act in such a way. The public wants so badly to hold themselves to such high standards. It is my assertion that this is the very essence why the public does not want to believe in a great many misleading actions this current Administration has done, but I digress. The important fact of the matter is these actions are completely un-American, as you yourself agree to, and it is quite sensational to cover.
Furthermore, it is becoming all too evident just how scandalous this is, and much more will be revealed in the coming days and weeks as they follow up the chain as to just how far this miscommunication/willful ignorance has gone. To drive home the message of just how scandalous this is, the media is going to jump all over it with as much sensationalism as possible. Is that the right thing to do? In my opinion, absolutely, because it was the MEDIA itself that broke the story to the public, not the Administration itself. Are the pictures getting too much playing time? Perhaps, but sheesh, it is hardly "liberal" minded to do so.
How many times did you hear about Monica Lewinsky?
I've posted this before, but Bill Clinton's "draft dodging" received 13,641 major news stories during his election campaign, while GW Bush's desertion merit only 49 during his 2000 campaign. Is that a liberal slant in any way?
The media is hardly liberal, but it is sensationalistic. Like any business, it's after the $, and it's ratings through sensationalism are the means to that end.
And next time you post pictures of that sort to explain a symbolic message, please try explaining yourself a little better. They had multiple meanings, and as shown, some folks received the wrong impression (myself included).
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Whence September dusk grows crisper still,
with leaves all crimson conquered,
I yearn to shout,
and dance about,
and stick pickles in my honker...
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