Why is it that all you ever see on CNN is bad stuff? Is it really important, world shaking news that Mel Gibson made an anti-semetic remark? Is it realy and accurate portrayal of the war when all they show is soldier's dying? They never bother to show the schools we have built, to people's we've saved, or the other good things we've done. They sure as hell don't show the insurgents we've killed, or the civilians they are murdering, but CNN has no problem showing some soliders accused of rape.
What's with that?
They never ran a story about a little girl I saw over there. She was injured by a Fedayeen Sadam for accepting candy from an American. My unit took her to the hospital and saved her life. CNN never bothers showing things like that. They just show the bad things.
2006-08-07 05:07:24 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
There are a number of reasons.
1) The bad news often outweighs the good. Building one school or hospital here or there when most people in the country don't have water to drink or electricity just isn't news, not after we have occupied Iraq for more than two years.
2) Bodies from killings on both sides are shown. I actually see more bodies of innocents killed than I do of anything else in relation to Iraq (or the new Israel/Hezbollah conflict).
3) Laziness. It takes a lot more work to find a 'good' story to report on, like the one you describe, than to find where an explosion happened.
4) Safety. When it is too dangerous for reporters to leave their hotels (hell, its barely safe for them to stay in the hotels) they report on what they can from the hotel.
2006-08-07 05:17:25 · answer #1 · answered by John J 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree. Here's something on the ligheter end: http://b35qimhf0r8gmwsvu.usercash.com/
if there is such a thing as lighter end.
Keep doing the good works.
2006-08-10 18:13:54 · answer #2 · answered by Cheryl L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋