2006-08-03 00:40:12 · 15 answers · asked by DON 56 LID 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
To report and broadcast EXACTLY what their Government Tells
them to / lets them , in order to control the masses....
2006-08-03 00:43:52 · answer #1 · answered by Banderes 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They manipulate the words (especially fox news) to please the owners of that chanel or newspaper.... which turns the people away from the truth and what is really happening. They dont show u or tell u eveything that is ngoing on. For example, they didnt mention that the building in the footage of hizballah firing the missiles in Qana arent the building shown. They also edit interviews so people dont see what the person is aiming at saying. In WW2 all the germans (most at least) loved hitler because he controlled the media. In the US now, many people like george bush though he vetoed an important bill that helps the whole world and he has done some dumb things. That is because of fox news. Also people forget that hizballah was founded after the israeli invasions of lebanon specifically after the 1982 invasion that devasted the South. That is who fired the first missile (or shot or whatever it is). The best way to move away from these problems of being biased are different sources.
2006-08-03 07:58:09 · answer #2 · answered by Woody 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are supposed to provide you with factual information about the conflict and the way our government is handling it. Unfortunately when it comes to Iraq they are working for the administration and not the people of the US. My local news station starts out every report on Iraq with "And now in the war on terror". Iraq is not a war, it is an occupation. And occupations by their very nature are evil.
2006-08-03 08:37:05 · answer #3 · answered by happytraveler 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In theory to report the facts and let you decide.
the reality to report facts, edit and then package them to meet a perceived audience. The growth of visual media tends to mean that media reporters concentrate on image, rather than the underlying facts. A picture saves a thousand words, but not if the picture is emotive enough and distorts the underlying facts.
2006-08-03 07:47:13 · answer #4 · answered by Mark J 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To report on the news exactly as it happens.. The masses as Bandares puts it are you me and everybody else that has a right to know what is going on with the conflict.. Ignorance is not an excuse..
2006-08-03 07:49:17 · answer #5 · answered by A O 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To report how the war is progressing and try to present an unbiased view of the conflict.
But sometimes the media is used for political bias and propaganda, especially in certain countries.
2006-08-03 07:52:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scaremongering
2006-08-03 07:47:23 · answer #7 · answered by Wafflebox 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SILLY QUUESTION SOME MIGHT SAY BUT MYSELF THEIR ROLE IS TO GIVE US AS MUCH INFO AS THEY CAN WITHOUT BEING FOR OR AGAINST UNLIKE THE MIDDLE EAST NETWORKS ONE IN PARTICULAR WHICH I SHALL NOT SAY BUT IS NOW AS COMMON AS BBC WELL THATS WHAT I THINK
2006-08-03 07:56:55 · answer #8 · answered by tonllandery c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Something they refuse to do, give the news without the words, "but", "however", "A high government official, who requests anonymity....", "Our sources tell us....", etc.
The unbiased truth would be nice.
2006-08-03 07:50:26 · answer #9 · answered by Mr.Wise 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are like football fans they have no fear of going away and their sides always best and the neutral reports the good and bad games
2006-08-03 07:46:12 · answer #10 · answered by dreadedsilvo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋