Media & Journalism - August 2006

Do you think that the news today is very discouraging? I think that the news today is all about killings and nothing about how people have done good in the world...

Please post what you think...

2006-08-17 14:22:06 · 9 answers · asked by JW4JC 1

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/40478/

2006-08-17 13:51:48 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

seems to me, if your not white, rich and beautiful, the media doesn't have much time for ya, how much coverage, would a black child have received?

2006-08-17 13:47:49 · 7 answers · asked by gitbox 3

Charon, Ceres - possibly hundreds more! Was tuff enuff learning 9 planets.

2006-08-17 13:41:45 · 10 answers · asked by theMeganEffect 3

Are they old fashioned or know some people maybe better at them at somethings ?

2006-08-17 11:43:39 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

850amstation

2006-08-17 11:14:42 · 4 answers · asked by tecolote73@sbcglobal.net 1

2006-08-17 10:46:14 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-17 10:34:29 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-17 10:10:09 · 5 answers · asked by spcool02 1

Does he just want his 15 minutes of fame or what ?

2006-08-17 09:59:53 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-17 09:55:00 · 12 answers · asked by Will G 3

i think, american media works for their benefits.. That media makes american people thinks america has right to do whatever it does in middle east.. there are new news "crisis in middle east" in american media. cant you see that it is because of america, its leader bush --that will not be mentioned good in history at next ages and make american nation has to say sorry to other nations again--..

2006-08-17 09:13:52 · 11 answers · asked by atisun 1

Has anyone watched last night's episode of The O'Reilly Factor? How many people agree with Mr. O'Reilly that scrutinizing Muslims between the ages of 16-45 for being potential terrorists? I think Mr O'Reilly does not realize that every religon has its bad apples and that should not make innocent Muslim people the target of increased security measures. I am not a Muslim but I have many Muslim friends who fit that profile. I take offense to such implements that he is suggesting. And believe that Mr. O'Reilly should be looking in his own backyard and comment about the murder's and crimes that our own Americans commit against each other. I am sure that adds upto more than what Muslims have caused in recent years.

2006-08-17 07:41:36 · 15 answers · asked by Karan K 2

i think so

2006-08-17 06:39:46 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-17 06:26:21 · 21 answers · asked by robert j 1

Lots of times their "facts" haven't even been properly checked out.
Should they be fined for making false reports?

2006-08-17 06:12:54 · 7 answers · asked by jaimestar64cross 6

2006-08-17 06:01:10 · 10 answers · asked by Miskit 2

Where and how else do you get your news about national and international events?

2006-08-17 05:51:49 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Where letter carrier won legal cases on sexual asssult .

2006-08-17 05:06:56 · 7 answers · asked by ANTONIO A 1

If cell phones don’t work on an airplane then how did 9/11 victims call loved ones with their cell phones?

I recently watched “Loose Change 2nd Edition”, and there was this scientist guy who tested cell phones up in the air and their success rate during year 2000 to see if he had a signal. Lets just say it failed miserably to call out or accept calls. Then in 2004 (after 9/11) Boeing installed a cell phone booster on top of their airplane so that people could use their cell phones. Why do this if apparently the cell phone calls to family members came in so clearly during the 9/11 tragedy?

I wanted to find out for my self who was telling the truth. So I turned on my cell phone, and guess what. One the plane that I was on did not crash from having it on (even though I was NOT going to make a call, but just having it ON I swear doesn’t hurt anything, just like I have NEVER turned off my CD or MP3 players ALL M Y LIFE and the plane flies just fine). So when I was on the ground I had all my bars (a good signal). However, once up in the air I has NO signal at all! I didn’t get a bar back till about half a mile up in the air. So unless someone called from their cell phone in the last 15 seconds, I don’t see how they could have had a two minuet conversation with people or an answer machine.

Now I know big fancy airplanes have phones in the seats, but apparently most of the people didn’t use these phones to call people, they used their own cell phones. Which is Impossible, even a science dude proved that (I doubt it was a miracle either).

I found “Loose Change” was telling the truth.
Link to “Loose Change”:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7167151489146455453&q=Loose+Change+2nd&hl=en

If you don’t feel like watching the whole thing just fast forward to the time of “1:08:33”.

Or

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loose_Change_(video)

By the way there is voice mimicking software that is very accurate just to let people know. I saw that on the Discover Channel about 9 years ago!

I’m not saying there wasn’t terrorists, I’m just saying the cell phone thing doesn’t make sense. It’s an inconsistency, which may lead one to wonder about other things. My concern is why would someone make up the phone calls, if they can’t/couldn’t happen?

So how did victims really call their loved ones?

2006-08-17 04:52:30 · 2 answers · asked by Am 4

in "commentary, all opinion" "THE WEEK IN PHOTOS AUGUST 4-10".....2 weeks day-after-day, is a bit much to be exposed to this disgusting picture of these painted pregnant bellies.

2006-08-17 04:08:20 · 2 answers · asked by Jay 1

2006-08-17 00:31:08 · 6 answers · asked by ted 1

2006-08-16 22:15:37 · 23 answers · asked by srinivas 2

Why is almost every media left-wing? Such as immigration--- that is the most understressed issue going on...

Please tell me, I'd really like to know....

I'm glad I'm not an anchorman, because I'd for sure tell everyone what I thought...

2006-08-16 21:56:09 · 6 answers · asked by stealth_n700ms 4

Can anyone really remember? kinda suspicious huh?

2006-08-16 20:42:57 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-16 20:16:32 · 9 answers · asked by NicG 2

A high ranking official at the BBC said this ...." I'm sick and tired of
white people reporting news from Africa" ..( yep, she is a Negro) as white people cannot possibly reflect the the culture of this nation "....... She is refering to the journalist contingent desinated - on merit- by the BBC to report from Africa as well as other predominantly 'black' nations in that ALL the reporters should be black themselves !!!!.........She went on to say ...." black reporters
have a sensitive understanding and could deliver a more accurate storyline as they understand the difference white reporters dont have" ......EH !!! ....WHAT THE HOLY SH@T IS GOING ON HERE !!! ???.......can anyone out there with an ounce of common sense tell me why it is always a Negro that could make a totally assinine statement like this????...because I'm fooked if I know .........Its over to you.

2006-08-16 18:38:44 · 12 answers · asked by tally Ho ! 2

Today as many of you know, an arrest was made in the Jon Benet Ramsey case which is a decade old.
For the longest, the asumption was perpetuated in the media that the parents had killed theiir own daughter - which is obviously now recognized as untrue.

furthermore, plenty of innocent defendants have been destroyed in the media before they have even had their trials on rape charges, murder charges, etc.... when DNA evidence knowledge became technlogicaly proficient, science proved the prosecution was wrong - over 500 cases have been overturned by DNA evidence.

YET the media insisted, these people were guilty and sewed seeds in the minds of watchers. This media takes the form of JOKES, conjecture and unfounded circumstancial evidence".

DO YOU FEEL THAT TRIAL BY MEDIA IS A DANGER TO SOCIETY?

I do...personally, I look at cases like OJ, Michael Jackson, Robert Blake, and many others where the media hooplah is strongly against them from the start with SUSPICION and contempt

2006-08-16 16:27:05 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

...this blonde biiiii-ttt--ccc---hh blamed Patsy Ramsey for Jon Boney Ramsey's murder.....now after all these years - the real killer is caught in Thailand. I think she should join Fox TV - where she belongs. Bunch of reporters *** so called prosecutors - who jumps to conclusions 9 out of 10 times. She and FOX TV did the same thing Natalie Holloway.....whats your opinion?

2006-08-16 15:43:31 · 11 answers · asked by Be-hive Baaaby 3

Her mother just past away feeling that she was still under scrutiny for her own daughter's death...and yet now they've arrested someone else - a former teacher no less! What is your gut reaction to hearing this latest news?

2006-08-16 14:03:48 · 21 answers · asked by Tracie M 2