Do you BELIEVE? Oh, not in God. We're talking MEDIA. (20)
There was a murder in Bristol a few years ago which caught public fancy. The media decided the murderer of the young pretty girl was one of her neighbours, a retired and highly respected headmaster from a very good school in the area. The police had him in for questioning. The media had him tried, convicted and sentenced by the time the actual killer was found. Oops.
No apology. These things happen. The actual killer was boring so the whole thing was wrapped up in one paragraph. Anyone who missed that particular newsday still believes the headmaster did it. Can't be helped. Keep up, people.
No apology. These things happen. The actual killer was boring so the whole thing was wrapped up in one paragraph. Anyone who missed that particular newsday still believes the headmaster did it. Can't be helped. Keep up, people.
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Guessing you have stories too, if you think about them. But you are programmed never, ever to think about them. Forget the mistakes and still believe everything you read in papers, on social websites, on the telly.
They wouldn't say it if it wasn't true. Right?
They wouldn't say it if it wasn't true. Right?
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I believe only what I can see and hear for myself. Anything else doesn't affect me anyway, and if it did, chances are there's nothing I could do to change it.
If this WAS a religious discussion I'd be an atheist. What's the word for someone who no longer believes in Media?
If this WAS a religious discussion I'd be an atheist. What's the word for someone who no longer believes in Media?
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Some journalists like to make up little porkies ,
Some go far and behind their call of duty ,
And pay a price for their efforts in risking their lives,
One would wonder to what extent we are allowed see and hear ,,I think channel four is the best for real life discussion,
Jeremy Pakman on bb2 also,
Some go far and behind their call of duty ,
And pay a price for their efforts in risking their lives,
One would wonder to what extent we are allowed see and hear ,,I think channel four is the best for real life discussion,
Jeremy Pakman on bb2 also,
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peachmelba: Some journalists like to make up little porkies ,
Some go far and behind their call of duty ,
And pay a price for their efforts in risking their lives,
One would wonder to what extent we are allowed see and hear ,,I think channel four is the best for real life discussion,Jeremy Pakman on bb2 also,
Some go far and behind their call of duty ,
And pay a price for their efforts in risking their lives,
One would wonder to what extent we are allowed see and hear ,,I think channel four is the best for real life discussion,Jeremy Pakman on bb2 also,
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MotherGrundy: Misinformation, manipulation, rumour, spite, massaging facts, jostling for headlines and pure fantasy. Ladies and gentlemen, introducing Our Media.
And yet we accept it. We get annoyed when someone is caught red-handed twisting the truth, but most of the time we let them get away with it. Things we should know are kept back. Things that don't affect us are touted as important. Conspiracy theories go viral. Facts? Facts are irrelevant.
Wake up people. Forget the arguing about religion (do you or don't you) which the media push out as a distraction. Smell the roses.
And yet we accept it. We get annoyed when someone is caught red-handed twisting the truth, but most of the time we let them get away with it. Things we should know are kept back. Things that don't affect us are touted as important. Conspiracy theories go viral. Facts? Facts are irrelevant.
Wake up people. Forget the arguing about religion (do you or don't you) which the media push out as a distraction. Smell the roses.
America's first anchor-man from NBC news now in big trouble, last Wednesday in his 30 minutes show he said in 2003 while in Iraq the chopper he was in was hit by rocket, next day in his show he apologized saying his memory was confused when he said that.
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Sorry spelling mistake not that anyone's bothered,lol,
Beyond not behind,
Then again some things we hear are well behind,lol
Beyond not behind,
Then again some things we hear are well behind,lol
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peachmelba: Sorry spelling mistake not that anyone's bothered,lol,
Beyond not behind,Then again some things we hear are well behind,lol
Beyond not behind,Then again some things we hear are well behind,lol
well, let's start a new thread about behinds
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peachmelba: Sorry spelling mistake not that anyone's bothered,lol,
Beyond not behind,Then again some things we hear are well behind,lol
Beyond not behind,Then again some things we hear are well behind,lol
Oh..i kinda prefer reading it "behind" instead of beyond when it comes from a woman..
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peachmelba: Some journalists like to make up little porkies ,
Some go far and behind their call of duty ,
And pay a price for their efforts in risking their lives,
One would wonder to what extent we are allowed see and hear ,,I think channel four is the best for real life discussion,Jeremy Pakman on bb2 also,
Some go far and behind their call of duty ,
And pay a price for their efforts in risking their lives,
One would wonder to what extent we are allowed see and hear ,,I think channel four is the best for real life discussion,Jeremy Pakman on bb2 also,
Journalists are paid on results. Yes, some find themselves a little deeper, or a lot deeper, than they intended. But mostly the media now exists to tell us what to think. Nothing else. THIS matters. THAT doesn't, ignore it. WE'LL tell you when we think it matters. No?
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mnowsa: well...as i say often, it takes time and efforts to separate facts from fiction. So, why bother 'wasting' time and efforts specially if it fit your agenda? Let's face it. we don't want to hear the "truth" these days. We want to hear what we like to hear instead of what we should hear. Welcome to the "digital" world where truth is just a 'collateral damage' while trying to project "fact" (ahem..i mean our version of 'facts')
This is the scariest part. We all know that. We accept that. And we let ourselves be manipulated even while we laugh at it.
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I caught one of our local news stations in a lie and brought them on the carpet about it.
They will twist and turn a topic to just build up their viewership and make income for their bosses.
They will twist and turn a topic to just build up their viewership and make income for their bosses.
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Ccincy: I caught one of our local news stations in a lie and brought them on the carpet about it.They will twist and turn a topic to just build up their viewership and make income for their bosses.
and what about, Williams?
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bungallow55: and what about, Williams?
Brian Williams I haven't followed him that much.But I'll throw him in the same pile of no gooders too.
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Ccincy: Brian Williams I haven't followed him that much.But I'll throw him in the same pile of no gooders too.
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Half of the truth of the half that they are able to say.
We're lucky to have a little free press, however.
We're lucky to have a little free press, however.
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MotherGrundy: Misinformation, manipulation, rumour, spite, massaging facts, jostling for headlines and pure fantasy. Ladies and gentlemen, introducing Our Media.
And yet we accept it. We get annoyed when someone is caught red-handed twisting the truth, but most of the time we let them get away with it. Things we should know are kept back. Things that don't affect us are touted as important. Conspiracy theories go viral. Facts? Facts are irrelevant.
Wake up people. Forget the arguing about religion (do you or don't you) which the media push out as a distraction. Smell the roses.
And yet we accept it. We get annoyed when someone is caught red-handed twisting the truth, but most of the time we let them get away with it. Things we should know are kept back. Things that don't affect us are touted as important. Conspiracy theories go viral. Facts? Facts are irrelevant.
Wake up people. Forget the arguing about religion (do you or don't you) which the media push out as a distraction. Smell the roses.
Some of it I follow. The media usually tells the truth by lying and if you're fairly clued up on the world and non-partisan you can navigate the media without too much misdirection. Except for the media across the pond which is so transparently false only childish morons would follow it(but I guess the editors are in luck).
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It's all about the money. No news organization wants to pay for serious journalism anymore. So instead you get "opinions" which are worthless and cheap. There are a few independents, but you have to go look for them.
Then you have moguls like Murdoch or Berlusconi who have their own agenda and direct the news.
I do not engage in these religious arguments. It has always been so that that stuff is what you tell the idiot peasants to motivate them to action. Nobody in their right mind on either side would go to war if they knew the power brokers' real motives and they're only expendable pieces in the chess game.
Then you have moguls like Murdoch or Berlusconi who have their own agenda and direct the news.
I do not engage in these religious arguments. It has always been so that that stuff is what you tell the idiot peasants to motivate them to action. Nobody in their right mind on either side would go to war if they knew the power brokers' real motives and they're only expendable pieces in the chess game.
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Do you BELIEVE? Oh, not in God. We're talking MEDIA.(Vote Below)
And yet we accept it. We get annoyed when someone is caught red-handed twisting the truth, but most of the time we let them get away with it. Things we should know are kept back. Things that don't affect us are touted as important. Conspiracy theories go viral. Facts? Facts are irrelevant.
Wake up people. Forget the arguing about religion (do you or don't you) which the media push out as a distraction. Smell the roses.