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Topic: IM Frustrated at the Media.
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thirteen
Knowflake Posts: 1107
From: Rochester Hills, MI USA
Registered: May 2004
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posted June 08, 2005 03:45 PM
 
I get so mad at the news reporting media these days. There is so much speculative, as opposed to factual, reporting that generates fear in people. My concern is that a lot of what I read in the headlines is not fact but it gets into the collective subconscience and I am concerned that we will manifest bad stuff. IP: Logged |
pixelpixie
Knowflake Posts: 5301
From: Ontario Canada
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted June 08, 2005 03:49 PM
That is a very valid point, and I find I am in agreeance with it!Therefore, let it be known that factually, within us all, is the spark of the divine, and we should nurture it, and spread it amoungst us all.... and treat each other beautifully, whether the world says its ending or not. IP: Logged |
26taurus
Knowflake Posts: 13411
From: *
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted June 08, 2005 05:58 PM
Yeah, I hear you thirteen. That's why I dont watch TV or read the newspapers. Try to keep my consciousness absorbed with other things.IP: Logged |
virgotaurustaurus
Knowflake Posts: 2474
From: upstate NY, USA
Registered: Oct 2004
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posted June 08, 2005 06:06 PM
thirteen I am definitely with you here, news is basically sensationalism, I swear. It was really nice to see firsthand that tv news channels do not cover all the facts - a few years ago I saw with my own 2 eyes a highway rollover, some college kid rolled his Ford Explorer across 3 lanes into a tree and a motorcycle was involved...the media never covered what occurred with the motorcyclist or whether a motorcyclist was even involved, it was like he never even existed. Nice, huh? And the paper here consistently covers news stories about how the town I live near is supposedly going to build this and that store, none of them ever get built. IP: Logged |
trillian
Knowflake Posts: 4050
From: The Boundless
Registered: Mar 2003
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posted June 09, 2005 09:19 AM
I am over-simplifying here, but this is a case of cause and effect. To only blame the media is a little naive--the media print/report what people buy. In the U.S., we are far more interested in watching Michael Jackson's trial than some of the more serious stories, like Sadaam's fate, the war on Iraq, etc. So which is the cause, and which is the effect? I don't have the answer. But I'd say we sell more copies of the National Enquirer than the New York Times. I'd also like to correct the notion that this idea of the media reporting sensationalistic news is new. It's not. We all know the word 'muckraker,' and its history is long. I work in the media, and have done some research on this very subject. The media has always thrived on sensationalism, because the public loves it. So which is the cause, and which is the effect? As far as speculative vs. fact. Well.  In the 70's, the Washington Post relied on Deep Throat's fact/speculation to bring down a U.S. president for his illegal activities. There is still nothing to support that Iraq ever had weapons of mass destruction. So was it fact, or speculation on the government's part that led us to war? No answer necessary.  IP: Logged |
thirteen
Knowflake Posts: 1107
From: Rochester Hills, MI USA
Registered: May 2004
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posted June 09, 2005 09:33 AM
That was another thought I had on this issue..Why are people so drawn to sensationalism and fear?????? I don't know.
Maybe it's more interesting than the hum drum of everyday existence or something.IP: Logged | |
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