When it comes down to it, I honestly think that the media constantly pumps out negative subjects in order to keep our country living in fear. It is easier to run a Nation who is scared than one who is confident. I think at any time a Republican makes a mistake, it's becomes a frenzy and they are targeted for it. However, if a Democrat does something of the same, it is almost excused. Even among people, Republicans are generally shunned. I myself have frowned upon them.
I have also noticed that the different articles you read about the same subjects, contain different facts. Like with the attack in Pakistan, they had three different death tolls in each article and totally different titles. In the first it was negative, and made you angry. The second mentioned how it was the Taliban getting bombed, and honestly Taliban is incredibly negative in the American vocabulary. Then in the third it mentioned how we had a U.S. representative there to "find facts". No one really knows what really happened though because it is all so different.
My memory was refreshed today, on how writing can contain opinions that can curve your views. We read two articles about Sam Hughes. One was about how he was a war monger and people were happy to be rid of him and then the other mentioned how he should be respected and thanked for all he has done. Which is which though? It almost feels like you cannot rely on the media because it is constantly going in both directions of opinion. Yes, they offer some facts but certainly not enough to get the story straight. With the little facts they do give, it feels like a maneuver used on the audience to persuade them into agreeing.
It is ridiculous.
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I hella agree. How can you rely on the media if they're going to feed you their opinions instead of the straight up truth? It doesn't make sense. We depend on them to tell us whats up and let us make our own decisions on how we feel about the situation. But instead they give us the facts they want us to hear and slip in how they feel about the situation.
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very true!
ReplyDeleteI don't know... I think sometimes the news makes up and stretches the positve for PR purposes too. Look at the war in Iraq, the mdia went through this whole spell of showcasing soldiers building schools and giving food nd toys out to avoid telling the real story of war. People from Iraq complained about the propaganda and it stopped. ... But non-the-less break your thoughts up into paragraphs and focus on orgainzation. You have ideas down and voice and conventions and word choice ans sentence structure... you just need stronger ORGANIZATION
ReplyDeleteI agree, the media twist everything.
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