The great thing about the web is you get a lot of articles written by people who normally are not associated with a news source, and you learn things you didn’t know.
The bad thing about the web is you get a lot of articles written by people who normally are not associated with a news source, and they say a lot about things they don’t know.
I suppose that would be the main reason why we have major news sources, because we want to be able to trust them, so we can have a constant source of information without having to wonder… “is this guy full of shit?”
You have to wonder, what is the point of having a source if what they are saying is biased or omits the facts? If I wanted that I would just use facebook as a news source.
For example CNN and FOX originally reported on Libya with one common theme, that Gadhafi was “slaughtering” his people and dropping bombs on “innocents”. This statement would be true if I we were allowed to say that the United States is slaughtering people in Iraq, or dropping bombs on innocents. We are actually not allowed to say that, but I just did.
Those types of things happen in a civil war, or any war, (that’s why wars suck) and when CNN shows pictures of where bombs landed, and you can see tanks in the background or Anti Aircraft guns, you have to wonder “Why are those things there?” You wonder that because as the purveyor of information the existence of this type of equipment does not fit the narrative they are selling you. Which makes you wonder “Why are they selling me a narrative?”
The fact that this is a civil war involving two sides in a foreign country that has nothing to do with us and has not attacked us, and is no threat to us, is not the narrative that the major news sources want to share. At least until we are knee deep in the muck….like for instance now.
If I had a tank and was threatening to take over Washington, I am reasonably certain there would be a bomb in my future.
How can our news sources be so ignorant of information? When I saw those tanks and anti aircraft guns the first thing that I thought was, “well apparently he is not bombing “his own people” he is bombing people that have obviously risen up against him for whatever reason.”
The point being, I don’t know the reason. But that is a step ahead of our major news sources which did not know this other side existed, even though they were standing in the background of their shot.
Tanks and Anti Air Craft guns do not materialize out of thin air, well, unless Libya has the most liberal 2nd Amendment interpretation I have ever heard of, if so, I like it.
Is it too much to ask that our news sources stop acting like complete morons waiting to be fed a story from our government and actually do research and report to us what is going on? Is that really too much to ask?
Freedom of the press was another guard against tyranical government not a protector of it. Certainly we should be able to count on companies that make millions of dollars to pay someone to actually find out what’s going on, instead we have to use underfunded sources like Antiwar.com and Lewrockwell.com to make heads or tails of our problems.
Are there any true investigative journalists whatsoever in the major media?
Myers hits the nail on the head again.
Well done, John Jay!
Well done!
This is your brain on FAUX…any questions?
On Fox News this morning, an anchor reported that Al Qaeda might be behind the uprising in Libya.
Evidence – they showed a video of a man in Libya shouting Allahu Akbar – which they subtitled so you wouldn’t miss it, and translated it. It means “G*d is great!” and the Fox News anchor noted that it is a popular cry among Jihadis.
Well, yes it is. It is also a fundamental tenet of Islam and every Muslim, moderate or extremist, will chant Allahu Akbar. It is not an indication that you support Al Qaeda.
Fox News proves once again that public schools are not the only sources of ignorance in America.
I find this t be generally a good explanation of world affairs:
Are there any true investigative journalists whatsoever in the major media?
You’re much more likely to find true investigative journalism elsewhere.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3NdqNegsS0&feature=player_embedded
This reporter is quite blunt about the untrue reports being put out by Fox News.
and yet another private, personal mussing:
The View from Abroad
Kenn Jacobine | 2011.03.21 at 10.46.04 | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/p2CCv-lI
Dangers are Inherent in the War with Qaddafi
To be sure Muammar Qaddafi is a devil incarnate. For 41 years he has ruled Libya with an iron fist. He has repeatedly participated in terroristic endeavors, even against his own people.
………. the U.N. resolution and the Obama administration’s adherence to it is dangerous for the United States.
……… unless America is under imminent danger, the president has no authority to launch a military attack against another sovereign nation.
Obama is not an emperor endowed with unlimited power to pursue military adventures wherever.
He is a president operating in a system of checks and balances, restrained by a written constitution.
Since the end of World War II American presidents have generally ignored the rule of law when it comes to conducting military campaigns and this has produced a state of almost constant war at huge costs to the nation in terms of human life, reputation, and financial resources.
These latest actions by Obama are no different and will almost certainly lead to all of the aforementioned costs.