Posted by alexandra_k on July 11, 2005, at 22:41:11
They select what they will show us.
They focus on some things and ignore others.
Give us the information always from an angle (there isn't really any such thing as a completely objective pov).
They suggest certain reasons why...And the media are funded by...
And the media are linked by...I used to make a point of bypassing the media. Didn't read newspapers. Didn't watch the news.
But then you have absolutely no idea of what is going on in the world.It is hard to know which is better sometimes...
I guess it is better to watch / read critically.
Always thinking 'what are they leaving out'
'what are they trying to get us to believe'I don't know
I don't knowI worry a lot about 'terrorist attacks'.
Its so very easy to blame it on the terrorists
State the rationale for 'terrorist attacks' as some rather strange religious / political beliefs.
So very easy to label certain people / groups of people 'YOU are a terrorist / terrorist organisation'.
Justify torture and so forth.I think there must be reasons for why people would do such things. I'm not at all sure that we get access to the reasons.
We get access to a scapegoat.
And at the end of the day... It is used to justify violence against a person / group of people.When innocent people die in the terrorism and the war on terrorism it can be hard to figure out who the real terrorists are.
Sigh.
Why won't the violence stop?
People need their scapegoats...
Why won't the violence stop?
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