Media bias, Why do they cover some stories and not others?

[yamahonkawazuki]

speaking of "media bias", is al-jazeera a terrorist station?, because, (if i am mistaken i apologise), only time you see their broadcasts, is either beheadings, bombings, death and destruction from their points of view :dunno:

[Anonymous]

And I'm trying to stop the "silent", "nonviolent" conquest of America by Mexicans.  Believe you me, they ARE taking over.  They are invading by climbing the walls, and BREEDING us out of the majority.  11 MILLION are here illegally.  Look at California, there is NO white majority anymore.

[RVertigo]

Look at California, there is NO white majority anymore.

'cause that's what really matters.  

[CasiUSA]

Cause he thinks it goes like this:


*source: http://maddox.xmission.com

[cernunos]

Why was the "Downing Street Memo" not given more coverage? Love it (the bike), Cuba (GTMO is a paradox), and this forum.

C........

[cernunos]

Saw a very small snippet about it on Fox News last nite...down-played quite well by the right I think. Lovin' the Zuki 500, Oklahoma (what's it like to live in the Panhandle?), and this forum.

C........

[Jake D]

The U.S. and its military must be held to a higher standard of conduct than terrorists and killers.  It is our responsibility as the remaining world power.  

Duh.

[Cal Price]

Yamahonkawazuki,

Al-Jazeera is a news Channel based in one of the smaller arab nations, might be Qatar. It is the vehicle that OBL and possibly others choose to send their tapes etc to. Most of the time it's pretty much like any other news channel, doubtless with a huge bias. Does this make it "Terrorist"?  Probably not but it's all a matter of perception.

[Anonymous]

Ooooh Cal, you REALLY think Aljazeera isn't biased?  You don't think it has the Arab's point of view?  You think Israel and the US get a fair shake?

At least the US news and the BBC over there run negative stories (too many in my book) about their own country.  Our media seems to take the other side more than our own side.  God, they just HATE Bush!  He can't do ANYTHING right in their eyes.  But yet, when I hear his speeches, he says everything I want to hear (except privatizing social security).

I'm starting to sound like a broken record with my "peak oil" remarks all the time.  I TRULY believe that the government KNOWS it's coming REAL soon and they are preparing for the global rush for energy.  They are setting up bases over there to either protect those oil fields OR take them.

Just about EVERYONE in the business says the peak production is here or will be in about 20 years.  With the demand constantly rising, when the peak comes, it's going to shock a LOT of economies.  It's going to really suck.

[cernunos]

So the Downing Street Memo is truth? Love the little GS, BBC (listen with a cup of tea), and this forum.

C.......

[Kerry]

Ooooh Cal, you REALLY think Aljazeera isn't biased?  You don't think it has the Arab's point of view?

Read it again Joe (emphasis added):

Most of the time it's pretty much like any other news channel, doubtless with a huge bias.

[Anonymous]

Thanks Kerry, didn't notice the first time...  My apologies Cal.

[Cal Price]

Wow, I was about to leap in and saw that I had been saved by the puppies! Cheers all.

[yamahonkawazuki]

see your point cal, BUT all i see is what ive stated, then again, it may have been all im ALLOWED to see, would like to figure out how to watch them so i can see what a typical broadcast day might consist of :dunno:

[Cal Price]

Well you could subscribe if you have the means of delivery, sattelite or a cable operator that carries it, which is doubtful. From memory I should think most of us have better things to do with our time and money.

I get most of my news from BBC "News 24", sometimes I will think "Oh I wonder how the cousins are relating to that" (Most recently "Gorgeous-George" Galloway) and I will flip to a US news provider, I often do just for the sake of it, because it's there I suppose. When it's a Brit politican upsets some EC leader, like pretty much every day, I take a peak at the Franco-German Euronews. None of which is scientific, just a snapshot which is where this post started.

[indestructibleman]

since you mentioned him, Cal, a big thumbs up to George Galloway.  i don't know much about him, but what i saw of his Senate testimony impressed me.

cheers,
will

[indestructibleman]

oh, and just for the sake of novelty, i will have to, in some very small part agree with Wilson.

i do feel that our media has too much of a Zionist influence.  i feel that the mainstream media here is overwhelmingly one-sided in its coverage of Israel.  what's particularly insidious is that in public discourse an equivalency has been drawn of Israel=Jewish.  therefore, if you criticize Israel in any way, you are accused of anti-semitism.

another false equivalency in public discourse is free market=free people.  communism and capitalism are not political systems.  they are economic systems.  strictly adhering to either one is a mistake.  the free market has nothing to do with democracy.  in fact, it is in many ways anti-democratic.  it is a winner-take all system.

unbridled capitalism and strict communism both lead to tyranny.

cheers,
will

[Cal Price]

George is a very good example of how the Media can treat people, some sections of the Brit media, mainly newspapers had had a "Get GG" agenda for a while, yes he did have a lot of connections in Iraq, he said that but so far attempts to show him as dishonest or some kind of traitor have fallen well short of proof.

The man stood as an independent in our 05/05/05 election and won his constituency very convincingly so I suppose he must have something. The senate committee played right into his hands by naming him as "guilty" without speaking to him. "Not so much as a phone call" in his words. Then to ask him "How many times did he meet Saddam" so that he could get in the predictable line "Five, same as Donald Rumsfedt except I didn't try to sell him any guns" was comedy on the Monty-Python scale. The conservative media here was predicting that the senators would take him apart but at the end you had to wonder just who was politically naive.

I think GG is a long way from being an Angel but that's democracy for you, even the Devil gets his due.

[Anonymous]

Well well well...  Look what was in the news today...  40+ million (not counting the 11+ million illegals) mexicans living in the US. 1 in 7.  Highest reproduction rate of ANY group.  AND also the POOREST!  It kills me...  In 30 years they'll be in charge because they've bred the country away from us.  And then the US will be just like the cesspool they came from.  I'd move to europe but they'll be run by Muslims!

See my theory why in my other thread.

[shenphong]

Cal, I'm also glad to read that you are so ranged in the news as those that I watched, I thought I was the only one getting news from areas in Asia, Europe, and Middle East and it is almost dissappointing how every countries newstations are essentially the same in almost the minimal sense of "corruption" that goes on or that I believe goes on.  Although my facts on the news have been so distrustful lately that my favorite news/comedy is the daily show nowadays just cause they give me a little laugh after some of the bs i hear.  Living in california though i've heard many times that mexicans are taking over, I've never quite understood it.  Being asian I also hear how asians are taking over or the "asian invasion" i don't quite believe it though lol at least i wasnt told of the plan.