Originally posted by PVS
yes there was actually. several in fact. the most notorious being
the republican national convention, where peaceful protesters practicing their
right as "free" americans were herded into an abandoned building by authorities and left locked in there with no food, water, or facilities.
Holy Crap, I never heard about that! I can't believe that all bloody hell wasn't raised over that!
Like I said before, this is my personal view on this, but to me America is the irony of itself.
It was supposed to be the land of the brave and the land of the free, but, ironically, everyone in America is ultra paranoid, and quater of worlds prison population is imprisoned in america. Hehehe...''land of the brave and free''...
they were arrested with no means of contacting anyone, be it family or a lawyer. they were arrested simply for being there and practicing their constitutional right.
the whole point i make is that there IS a filter in the media and it certainly is not 'liberal bias' or this would have been front page for a long time.
most americans DO care, many americans protest, many are fully against this war, but our voices and actions are either distorted our muffled. people assume we dont give a shit because of lack of coverage in the media, and then turn around and accuse americans of being overly dependant on the media and only believing what they hear and more to the point DONT hear. so it looks like we are ALL dependant on the media, doesnt it?
thats why when i see people from other countries look down on americans and generalise and act like prejudice shits, it annoys the hell out of me. "you americans dont think for yourselves, you only borrow opinions from the media!!! i know because i read it in an article!!!" see what i mean?
Originally posted by PVS
here's a couplehttp://cbsnewyork.com/topstories/topstoriesny_story_245163526.html
Well, I don't think it was widely broadcast. The most I knew about protest groups was that some were being harassed by the federal agencies.
I do apologise, PVS. Certainly I hardly got any notion of protest - the media's fault, of course, but on one report I saw it said most Americans were for the war.
Originally posted by botankus
I'm not paranoid...and, aside from maybe my aunt on occasion, don't know anyone who is.Where (besides the media, who'll print anything) is this information coming from?
the media are the scum of the west they say anything and print anything you cant trust what they say espicially in a police state
Originally posted by Trickster
Well, I don't think it was widely broadcast. The most I knew about protest groups was that some were being harassed by the federal agencies.I do apologise, PVS. Certainly I hardly got any notion of protest - the media's fault, of course, but on one report I saw it said most Americans were for the war.
no need for apologies 😉
i just hope other people understand as well as you have,
that we are all dependant on, and victims of the media.
the media tells us that the rest of the world hates our guts, thinks
we are all idiots, believes that we all support world domination.
they tell you that we all hate your guts, we dont even know where
your country is on a map, and we could care less if you all die.
they repeat their lies over and over until we believe it. and really, how
else can we know whats going on outside our immediate view without
the media? we cant. and they know that, and thats why they dont give a shit.
the only thing that keeps them making money is fear. without fear,
people dont care, or at least their care is casual. the media doesnt
report news, it SELLS news. and that is why its so bias and distorted,
because the incentive to report is ratings, and not to be a servant to the
public.
restrictions? no no no
quite the opposite. take away their incentive.
take n.p.r. although bill oreilly likes to squawk that our taxes pay for
it, they in fact only pay a small percentage. its publicly funded news.
every 6 months or so they have a drive to raise money/
point is, there is no giant media conglomerate forcing them to 'sex up' their news. there is no need to keep people afraid, just informed. they report, but they dont sell. that is the way the media SHOULD be. instead, its all about the dollars, and giving us all ulcers.