Harksaw 0 #1 December 12, 2003 Its very interesting the lack of cover this has in mainstream news. http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/13196.htm http://frontpagemag.com/articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=11259 and here's a blog with pictures http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/archives/2003_12_01_healingiraq_archive.html#107107940577248802__________________________________________________ I started skydiving for the money and the chicks. Oh, wait. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydyvr 0 #2 December 12, 2003 Great story, it dramatically shows that there IS a bright side to the history being written in Iraq today. Yaaaaaaayyy! But where was all the news coverage? From the story: QuoteFox News Channel did a story, but the other cable channels, and the three national newscasts, said nothing about it. If that's correct, then who is "fair and balanced", and who isn't? The network that carried the story, or the ones that ignored it? Would any of you chronic FOX haters care to address this? . . =(_8^(1) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harksaw 0 #3 December 12, 2003 I wouldn't consider myself a chronic fox hater... haha but as I posted, the NY post did a story on this. The NY times also reported it, but it was buried in the back with a story about an iraqi bank bombing of some kind on the front. It isn't on the front of foxnews.com either, and I couldn't find it there with an admittedly short search of their website.__________________________________________________ I started skydiving for the money and the chicks. Oh, wait. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #4 December 12, 2003 The news networks want drama. Good, happy things don't usually promote drama. You cannot sensationalize a good thing very easily. It warms the heart and promotes happieness and content. Content reduces drama and thus reduces the need to watch the news. What the media wants is anger. Some want anger directed at specific political parties. Ultimately they want ratings. Ratings don't come from happy stuff. Sad ain't it?I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
samhussey 0 #5 December 12, 2003 Interesting, we havn't heard anything about it over here either... I'll look into it, see if it has appeared over here yet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,148 #6 December 12, 2003 I am strongly in favor of motherhood and apple pie, but the "mainstream" news doesn't report on that either. Maybe I can get Fox to cover it.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,118 #7 December 12, 2003 >If that's correct, then who is "fair and balanced", and who isn't? The >network that carried the story, or the ones that ignored it? So fair and balanced apparently includes: Al Jazeera The New York Post FOX News I'll be sure to reference them the next time someone here asks for unbiased news coverage. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #8 December 12, 2003 QuoteIts very interesting the lack of cover this has in mainstream news. http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/13196.htm http://frontpagemag.com/articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=11259 and here's a blog with pictures While the underdogs are barking freely in the streets of Baghdad, challenging the Ba'athist shadows and the jihadist terrorists, human rights and democracy groups in the West lack the courage to come to the rescue of their fellow progressive forces in the Middle East. As a group of Iraqi students told me, "Isn't it terrible to see that Western elites came here to demonstrate in support of Saddam against the Coalition, and when we took the streets to demonstrate against the Saddam war crimes, they didn't show up?" Just goes to show what hypocrites the lefties are. mh"The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chute 0 #9 December 12, 2003 That is because people are getting tired of this subject. I found it a good read. Might because I was over there during the (COUGH COUGH "WAR") I know it is bad for the guys on the ground. But those of us in the navy watched the war on CNN like everone else. Just our news was a day late.Bottomless Beers and Blue Skies! * Brother_Brian * D.S.W.F.S.B. #2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydyvr 0 #10 December 12, 2003 QuoteAl Jazeera I have no idea, but I wouldn't be a bit surprised to discover them to be more fair and balanced than CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, L.A. Pravda, etc . . . . . =(_8^(1) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,118 #11 December 12, 2003 >I have no idea, but I wouldn't be a bit surprised to discover them to > be more fair and balanced than CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, L.A. Pravda, > etc . . No doubt! After all, they have a clear political objective (just like Fox!) and they say "fair, objective" on their website, so they must be fair and objective. I'll look forward to your usage of them in coming weeks to present a more balanced view of current events. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
headoverheels 334 #12 December 13, 2003 Here's another report, which says the numbers were smaller. Also, multiple protests against the occupation. http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/2003_12_01_riverbendblog_archive.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kmcguffee 0 #13 December 13, 2003 Everybody must understand the rules of this forum. If a news story is anti-US then it is fact. If a news story is pro-US then it is biased and government propaganda and can not be used as fact in a debate. These are the rules. Everybody abide by them. Now, on with the debate (keeping this rule in mind of course). "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." Ben Franklin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #14 December 13, 2003 Bill....Because of my background....I have always made it a point to read ALL sources. Long before 9-11 I used to visit a site called Kavkaz.org. I got it shut down cause they were mixing terrorist funding.....but.....I found their side of the story interesting. It was mostly focused on Chechnya but went to other topics occasionally. If you aren't reading both sides....you can't begin to see the truth! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydyvr 0 #15 December 13, 2003 Quote. . . and they say "fair, objective" on their website, so they must be fair and objective. Saying you're something doesn't make you that thing; it is behavior that provides real definition. So, to report or not to report on a positive event that occurred in Iraq? That is the question, and the answer tells a tale about the agenda behind each organization. And what it tells me about the non-reporters is the same old yarn I've been hearing for years: The media left tells us what they want us to hear, in such a way as to make us think what they want us to think, so we'll vote the way they want us to vote, and become the society they want us to be, and on and on . . . . . . thank God for cable news and the internet, eh? . . =(_8^(1) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #16 December 13, 2003 QuoteWhile the underdogs are barking freely in the streets of Baghdad, challenging the Ba'athist shadows and the jihadist terrorists, human rights and democracy groups in the West lack the courage to come to the rescue of their fellow progressive forces in the Middle East. As a group of Iraqi students told me, "Isn't it terrible to see that Western elites came here to demonstrate in support of Saddam against the Coalition, and when we took the streets to demonstrate against the Saddam war crimes, they didn't show up?" Just goes to show what hypocrites the lefties are. But the lefties did show up! Look at the pictures of all the red flags with the hammer & sickle logos! You can't get much farther to the left than that! Most of the demonstrators seem to be members of the Iraqi communist party (which was deposed when Saddam & the Baathist took power). Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
