A very interesting piece on misrepresentation in the media, and how global corporations are using the news media to provide a narrower range of viewpoints and create a biased public opinion.
During the Iraq war, a friend of mine had friends/family living over there and complained how unfair it was that the media only ever said how many British people were dying and never how many Iraqi civilians.
I understand that journalists have to be incredibly careful with what they say or how they say things, as the whole world can see a report through the internet and we all live in blame culture. But shouldn't they at least try to mention both sides of a story? There are so many people that believe only what they see in the media, isn't it vital to put more than one side of a story?
11:43 reminds me of the whole yob/hoody thing a few years ago, when all young people were biased as hoodies who went around smashing things.
That independent media centre, with all of the eye witness accounts was a great idea. There are so many cases where the media blatantly lie, such as the rubber bullet thing - is it so we keep faith in our police force and continue to see them as the service we call when in need?
Agreed about the Iraq stuff, there was officially hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqis killed during the ongoing conflict... I say officially because many think it goes into the multiple millions. It is typical western god complex, subtly (FUCKING BLATANTLY IF YOU USE YOUR EYES) making countries such as iraq look run down, dirty and so alien that it makes it so easy for the military to swoop in and save the day, nicely covering up US, UK and many European union countries raping it for resources.
During the Iraq war, a friend of mine had friends/family living over there and complained how unfair it was that the media only ever said how many British people were dying and never how many Iraqi civilians.
ReplyDeleteI understand that journalists have to be incredibly careful with what they say or how they say things, as the whole world can see a report through the internet and we all live in blame culture. But shouldn't they at least try to mention both sides of a story? There are so many people that believe only what they see in the media, isn't it vital to put more than one side of a story?
11:43 reminds me of the whole yob/hoody thing a few years ago, when all young people were biased as hoodies who went around smashing things.
That independent media centre, with all of the eye witness accounts was a great idea. There are so many cases where the media blatantly lie, such as the rubber bullet thing - is it so we keep faith in our police force and continue to see them as the service we call when in need?
Why do we never see good news in the media?
- Claire
Agreed about the Iraq stuff, there was officially hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqis killed during the ongoing conflict... I say officially because many think it goes into the multiple millions. It is typical western god complex, subtly (FUCKING BLATANTLY IF YOU USE YOUR EYES) making countries such as iraq look run down, dirty and so alien that it makes it so easy for the military to swoop in and save the day, nicely covering up US, UK and many European union countries raping it for resources.
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