Author Topic: Riots in Afghanistan (Read 1424 times)

Brenjen · « **Reply #15 on:** May 30, 2006, 07:47:17 PM »

I have been seeing those reports, mountainous region, heavy trucks, brakes fail. Muslims killed when big truck smears them, muslims mad. What else is new? How has our media covered anything up or under reported the incident?

bj229r · « **Reply #16 on:** May 30, 2006, 08:19:33 PM »

It's only ok if Muslims kill other Muslims

Dago · « **Reply #17 on:** May 30, 2006, 08:27:01 PM »

Here ya go boroda, from Fox News themselves:

Afghan Riot

This from Fox would be the minimum coverage, other networks probably provide even more. Despite what the Russian information ministry would have you believe (and probably does), we have a free and uncontrolled press. On television it shows more.

Hangtime · « **Reply #18 on:** May 30, 2006, 08:31:42 PM »

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Originally posted by Dago
we have a free and uncontrolled press. On television it shows more.

Gunslinger · « **Reply #19 on:** May 30, 2006, 08:49:22 PM »

Riots in muslim a muslim country????? Really???? how is this news again?

skernsk · « **Reply #20 on:** May 30, 2006, 09:47:43 PM »

Western media can be very biased and 'spin' a story in whatever way they want. If you do not believe that I think you are in denial. Hangtime, in a round about way I think that is what Baroda means. There were some cases of media making up 'facts' and printing them, that is not reporting and that is why the western media sucks. I watch the sports .. they can't mess that up, but they try.

Enough said, I have a close friend (your former squadmate Hangtime) in Afghanistan right now. He is in the thick of it, and is NOT American. There are more than just Yanks taking fire over there. But, as usual, nobody cares about those troops.....

Yeager · « **Reply #21 on:** May 30, 2006, 10:20:07 PM »

Western media can be very biased and 'spin' a story in whatever way they want.
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Im supposing you think boroda has access to pure news while the rest of the FREE world gets tooled with spin??? skernsk, the spin tool goes every which way and spares no one, yourself and boroda included.

Hangtime · « **Reply #22 on:** May 30, 2006, 10:36:27 PM »

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Originally posted by skernsk
Western media can be very biased and 'spin' a story in whatever way they want. If you do not believe that I think you are in denial. Hangtime, in a round about way I think that is what Baroda means. There were some cases of media making up 'facts' and printing them, that is not reporting and that is why the western media sucks. I watch the sports .. they can't mess that up, but they try.

Enough said, I have a close friend (your former squadmate Hangtime) in Afghanistan right now. He is in the thick of it, and is NOT American. There are more than just Yanks taking fire over there. But, as usual, nobody cares about those troops.....

Animal?

skernsk · « **Reply #23 on:** May 30, 2006, 10:42:09 PM »

Argyll.

Hangtime · « **Reply #24 on:** May 30, 2006, 10:47:36 PM »

No Kiddin! How's he doin? When did he go? Whats he doin? Whats his email? can he get 'packages'?

and, how the hell you douin, louis?

skernsk · « **Reply #25 on:** May 30, 2006, 11:16:14 PM »

Check PM's Hang...

parker00 · « **Reply #26 on:** May 31, 2006, 12:06:43 AM »

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Originally posted by Dago
we have a free and uncontrolled press. On television it shows more.

That's a good one.

BGBMAW · « **Reply #27 on:** May 31, 2006, 12:02:34 PM »

skernsk..you are way offf

I ...and the rest of USA who supports the reasons..care about all the allied troops..

The reason you say that..is becauase the media mostly reports about americans..

We are the #1 ..So everyone aims for you>...USA is the prime target for everything anti-Freedom

The muslims dont go around burning Canadian flags like they do USA's

We are the main target for Public Relations

Habu · « **Reply #28 on:** May 31, 2006, 12:19:40 PM »

Hey it was shown on the air over here.

I saw it myself.

It was a 5 second clip sandwiched between the 20 minute special "Corruption in Russia" and the feature story "Putnam - Dragging the Soviets back into the Cold War".

Goomba · « **Reply #29 on:** May 31, 2006, 12:26:36 PM »

Will the country with the totally unbiased, completely independent, politically neutral, absolutely factual, unimpeachably vetted and entirely uninfluenced media please stand up?

I didn't think so.

Until then, it's a fool's errand to even carry on the argument about whose media to believe. Please guys...we all realize that we can't take any of the pap they feed us at face value.

If it suits politics, money, power or influence...we'll hear what suits those goals.

The best we can hope for is any system which at least allows for the communication of dissenting points of view. You can't know what the truth is for certain, but at least the questions cn keep flying...which is the common man's only protection against government.

Ours (US) is no perfect system, and our media is just as flawed as anything involving humans will inevitably be, but at least when one outlet claims 'black', another can come along and claim 'white'...keeps us perpetually asking questions, and that is our best hope. When that is augmented by other similar media systems in other parts of the world, then they, too, can question what's been said.

Like MT said...absorb it all, then split the difference...and you're still probably not getting the truth, but a reasonable facsimile thereof.