Do u still believe the news? :)?

Question

Im not so much into the western media thing so much recently, since i tried watching bbc channel and heard the stuff they were saying as well as reading the newsweek online, so im not following it now

but not so long ago i've seen this video from the fox news http://ru.youtube.com/watch?v=H8XI2Chc6uQ

tho yeah as she starts saying the truth, this guy starts interrupting her n so on.. and omg he coughed so much XD do u still believe this sht? lol

Answer 1

The news is only partly correct.

They forgot to mention the part in which Russia smuggled weaponry into South Osetia. They forgot to mention that, didn't they?

Or that many civilians from South Osetia (with Russian military equipment) started to attack Georgian authorities.

Georgia, according to international rules, has all the right to calm any uprising within its territory.

I am saying that Russia caused the conflict by sponsoring the uprising so that it could move its troops inside Georgia.

Answer 2

I aslo watch bbc news. I do believe the media controlls exactly how we see a certain story. Its very one dimensional so i try to go online to international news sites to see a different perspective on the same story

Answer 3

NEW channels are controlled directly and indirectly depending on the type of the Government. If the government of the country is comunist or Dictatorship control on media is direct so they relise what is approved by the government. if the country is government is democracy it is controled indirectly giving impression to the public that it is independent... most of the news are filtered. That is why the news you hear inside the country where the incident occured is completly different from the new that you hear outside the country. When they were gujrat riots in india.. The News told a diffrent picture in india when my friend called me and told they herd a complete different story who where in USA.

Answer 4

Getting news of the world from television is kind of like getting drivers training from a blind guy.

In the US, all TV news is geared toward people who can't pay attention for more than two seconds.  If there is any kind of history behind an event, good luck.  You're better off reading a newspaper.

EDIT:  I don't watch TV news so I don't know if the papers are different than TV.  I do know that papers provide a much better backstory than TV.  Washington Post is better for national political news.  I think the New York Times international section is pretty good.  If your specific beef is with the portrayal of the Russian/Georgian conflict the NYT has consistently pointed out that Georgia attacked the capital of South Ossetia, that the Georgian president is a bit of a blowhard and that US/NATO expansion into the region is responsible for antagonising Russia.

I also think that all media have some bias.  Non Western media does as well.  In my experience non Western media are often quick to blame the West for anything and everything thereby deflecting responsibiltity from whatever sucky regime runs the country they report from.

Answer 5

Thank you for your question. It is very hard to find truth.

This is a good example how they manipulate information.

Answer 6

I listen to over one dozen English language short wave radio stations' news broadcast a week. Many of them using "web streaming" on my computer. I supplement that with the web editions of one dozen newspapers from various countries and continents. U. S. TV news is "eye candy" for the lazy. It's designed to draw a crowd so that, during the commercial breaks, they can sell more stuff to that captive audience.

BTW I'm listening to Radio Sweden right now.

Answer 7

Don't believe anything you see or hear on TV.  That's exactly what our governement wants us to believe while the men behind the curtains do something entirely different.  The media sells it and we buy their BS.  Don't trust the US Government, see ILLUMINATI >>>>

Answer 8

I feel like I lose brain cells every time I watch news of practically any sort, but this is awful!!!

s***w Fox!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 9

Its not that they lie they just don't tell you th whole truth, they tell what people want to hear.

Answer 10

First of all your rant is hard to understand.  This is not a text, so write out your words and be clear.  

Second of all, he gave her a chance to speak, there is only so much time the program has to air.  He was not trying to "stop the truth" or anything like that.  If that were the case the network would have cut straight to commercial, instead he told her how much time she would have.  AND instead of getting straight to the point she sat there silently and then starting going on about losing her home.  She could have used that time to make her point about the Georgian Gov't.

Answer 11

The media in the US is completely bias, liberal, and agenda driven.  So much so they don't even try to hide it anymore.  All you have to do is listen to a montage that some people put together; it betrays the fact that not only do they have the same contrived talking points, they use nearly identical sentences.  You'd think with their dwindling viewership they'd embrace the capatalism they so much dispise and just report the news without spin and agenda.  There is a market for that.  Then, surprise, surprise...their audience would actually grow.