If nothing bad happens in Iraq, no one dies or no bombs go off, the media still finds something negative to report? They will say things like "200,000 still without electricity in the Al Anbar province" or "20,000 still without a clean water source in Fallujah"
2007-05-13 21:00:30 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
United States, of course.
2007-05-13 21:21:22 · update #1
Your question is? What, the media sucks? Doesn't matter, war sells newspapers, death is good for the media, plight, famine, no electricity, starving babies, that is what sells newspapers and gets people to watch the news. When is the last time you saw an article on a new school in Iraq opened, or military medics going into the towns to set up a clinic for the day and help patients out, or dentists doing the same......rarely, and why? Cause it does not sell papers or keep advertisers. The media will never change.
2007-05-14 03:49:05 · answer #1 · answered by mar036 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you believe the media is unbiased, you need to open you eyes a bit more. Unfortunately, what news and how the news is reported is based upon who owns and operates the broadcasting station.
It is not uncommon for local broadcasting companies to pre-empt a national program based upon the local ownership. Here in Central Ohio, the local ABC affiliate showed reruns of Everyone Loves Raymond during a Nightline report in which the names of the military personnel killed in Iraq and Afganistan were to be read.
No newspaper, television station, or radio station is unbiased anymore, save one. Find your local NPR (National Public Radio) station and listen to the news they report and compare that with what you see on network tv. Most likely, you will see a huge difference and will learn ho things REALLY are.
Good luck
2007-05-14 04:35:05 · answer #2 · answered by bux_martinfan 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Ignore the media!!! I don't think they even realize what comes out of their mouth half of the time....heck they can't even get the weather right why would you believe anything about what they say on the war. If you really want to know if something is true about the war "adopt" a soldier and then asked them if it is true or not. Heck I know my friends over seas are gonna tell me the true.
2007-05-14 06:57:15 · answer #3 · answered by Ticked off American 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wonder if it would make the news if 200,000 people in New York were without power, or, if 20,000 people in Los Angeles were without safe drinking water? Negative facts are still facts all the same and we can't have sanitized news just for the sake of our own squeamishness or prejudices.
2007-05-14 07:45:53 · answer #4 · answered by cameron h 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's called sensationalism. The news isn't interested in good news, only sensational news that can get more papers sold, more advertisers on tv. The news is about who can make more money by gettng more people to read their newspaper, or watch their news program.
2007-05-14 05:38:20 · answer #5 · answered by GIOSTORMUSN 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would be the liberal media, if given the chance they will bend over and surrender our country.
Pray that we got another Republican in the White House next year.
2007-05-14 10:42:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
since its not like 3 U.S soldiers just got caputred by Al-Qaeda or anything. Oh wait yes they did
Thats a really bad question given that people are dying and bombs are going off, and i think they will be for a long time.
Electricity loss and so on is just how these attacks affect people that werent killed in them.
2007-05-14 04:04:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Old newspaper saying,"If it bleeds it leads".
Bad news sells papers,gains listeners, sells advertizing, so the media plays it up.
Add in a political bias,propaganda and outright lies and you have media mayhem.
2007-05-14 05:14:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Negative sells.
Heartwarming tales about a Grandma and her Grandson go on page 9G of a newspaper. Tragedy makes the headlines.
It's all about money.
2007-05-14 04:08:08 · answer #9 · answered by Mav. 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Yeah, I noticed. That's why I pretty much ignore mainstream media and prefer to see what's going on via soldier blogs and other websites with a firsthand look at the war, the troops, and Iraq in general.
2007-05-14 04:07:02 · answer #10 · answered by scruffycat 7 · 6⤊ 3⤋