Who won the US media war?

[RigorousT]

Originally posted by: LilBlinbBlahIce
Not really, Al-Jazeera shows stuff that may be disagreeable to American viewers, ie: human causalties, civilian destruction etc, but they do so to provide an accurate depiction of war.

If by accurate you mean self-serving.... How can any source dwell on casualties without eventually passing judgement one way or the other just by its coverage? Every news station I watched, CNN, FOX, MSNBC... they all showed pictures of the various hospital footage taken by Abu Dhabi, they showed the remains of the bombed marketplaces, some degree of hurt felt by the Iraqi people. But AJ highlights it and waves it around as an Anti-American banner. For every civilian waving a white flag and shooting at us that we kill, we are blamed for killing innocents. For every Iraqi citizen shot in the back by their own while trying to flee their city or give up combat, we are blamed for being monsters. For the kids they huddle in tanks or government targets as shields, we are cowboy aggressors. Sure, you'll see a different perspective, but it wouldn't be completely accurate and nonsensationalized.

 

[apoppin]

Nope, it's "extreme sensationalism" 'cause it's FOX.

Now take off your blinders.

 

[Ornery]

• The goggles, they do nothing! :Q

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: Ornery

• The goggles, they do nothing! :Q

The grudge match between your two heros - Springer and Geraldo - should be of special interest to you.

The Results:

Jerry Springer (857 - 65.6%)


breaks the nose of
Geraldo Rivera (450 - 34.4%)

 

[BaliBabyDoc]

The ONLY reason you screwoffs bitch about Fox being biased, is because they don't drone the news like robots. You've yet to answer the first two questions...

Actually FOXNews is more like a clown show. It's 75% entertainment and 25% information . . . their POV just happens to jingoist but most national broadcasts will have a nationalist slant if they expect an audience. FOX was rewarded for being the least objective.

FOX is the cable equivalent of a sophomoric version of the WSJ Op-Ed. They will never be on par with the WSJ b/c they NEVER have command of the facts. It doesn't matter b/c much of their audience doesn't either.

 

[Ornery]

Seeing the Turmoil, Ignoring the Triumph

• I've probably mentioned once or twice how much I hate complainers.
  
  I avoid them at all costs.
  
  They're the kind of people who could win a million dollars, then complain about the taxes. Or see an ailment cured, then moan about the attitude of the doctor who cured it.
  
  They love to see the dark side of things. I always wonder whether these people have ever once seen the good side of things.
  
  Take the war in Iraq. To listen to a few journalists, you'd wonder whether anything good came of our being in Iraq. Sometimes I wonder if they're even following the same events.
  
  We liberate Iraq. They focus on problems remaining in Iraq.
  
  We see Iraqis hoping. They see Iraqis looting.
  
  We wrap up a war in weeks. When only days after this conflict, they predicted a Vietnam quagmire in years.
  
  For every triumph, they see only turmoil.
  
  We know countries liberated are countries confused. It's as if they've forgotten identical patterns in countries like Romania, or Bulgaria, or Bosnia, or after World War II, even Germany.
  
  Looting happens. Poor people want things -- desperately. We didn't create that desperation -- someone else did. But now we're suddenly the problem.
  
  We wrap up an amazing battle in Iraq and now journalists are dumping on the president for saying harsh things about Syria.
  
  A nation rallies around a president for a battle won abroad. These guys immediately pounce on the problems still here.
  
  They focus on the bad news, like a weak economy, not once mentioning any good piece of news, like improving consumer confidence.
  
  Look, I'm not saying don't report the bad. I am saying don't focus on only the bad.
  
  Journalists say it's their right to be jaded. I say it's not their right to be jerks.
  
  I'll be the first to admit I'm a half-full glass kind of guy. That's why I don't much distinguish between those focusing on the half-empty glass and those who are just, in the end, plain half-ass.