 wdoa
join:2001-10-16
Spencer, MA | reply to Crookshanks
Re: Definitely political. "Propaganda Mouthpiece", "offended by some of their editorial decisions"? Sounds like Fox News to me. |
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join:2002-03-03
Longport, NJ
kudos:5 | said by wdoa:"Propaganda Mouthpiece", "offended by some of their editorial decisions"? Sounds like Fox News to me.
But FoxNews is wanted and watched by tens of millions.
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A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the public treasury. |
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I don't recall ever seeing Fox air footage of dead American and British soldiers, disregarding the laws of war, as well as common decency. |
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wdoa
join:2001-10-16
Spencer, MA | War is ugly, maybe if we saw more of the results of war we wouldn't be so quick to send our troops into harms way. |
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1 edit | There are plenty of ways to demonstrate the ugliness of war without violating the laws thereof. There are plenty of ways to provide balance without airing Al Quada propaganda, which happens to be an organization that has killed many more Muslims than Westerners, so why Al Jazeera opts to air their propaganda is beyond me. |
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 BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to Crookshanks
said by Crookshanks:I don't recall ever seeing Fox air footage of dead American and British soldiers,
No just dead Arabs |
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 VanPremium
join:2009-07-08
New Orleans, LA | reply to Crookshanks
said by Crookshanks:I don't recall ever seeing Fox air footage of dead American and British soldiers, disregarding the laws of war, as well as common decency.
Then try watching it with an open mind. Then you will see the stupidity and ignorance of the channel on a daily basis. |
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said by Crookshanks:I don't recall ever seeing Fox air footage of dead American and British soldiers, disregarding the laws of war, as well as common decency.
I guess supporting and defending torture doesn't count as a "law of war". |
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Plenty of ways, perhaps, but some are more effective than others. For instance, showing the insides of the Nazi concentration camps was completely necessary so people would fully grasp the magnitude of what went on there.
I wasn't born when the U.S. TV networks were showing the dead soldiers during Vietnam, but I think it was the right thing to do. It reminded the people back home of what was happening and put the lie to the military's claim that we were winning, and that eventually led to us pulling out. And you'll notice that journalists have never been given such unrestricted access to both the battlefield and the ability to speak freely with individual soldiers since then. Gee, I wonder why.
War is a nasty, brutal affair, something that people need to be reminded of. I'm sorry if that offends your sensibilities. |
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This is what you cry about?
I've never seen a dead American soldier on Al Jazeera. The only dead soldiers I see on Al Jazeera are dead Arab soldiers. Egyptians, Syrians, Palestinians... |
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Personally, I liked it when it was CBC News World. |
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join:2003-08-10
038xx | reply to Crookshanks
said by Crookshanks:...footage of dead American and British soldiers, disregarding the laws of war Laws of war? Oh, that is rich.  |
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If you don't watch cable news of any kind, then why did you feel it was relevant for you to post that you don't recall ever seeing Fox air footage of dead American and British soldiers ?
If you really don't watch cable news of any kind then I'd expect that you don't recall ever seeing Fox air anything. |
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said by wdoa:War is ugly, maybe if we saw more of the results of war we wouldn't be so quick to send our troops into harms way.
+1
People like war as long as they don't have to see the reality of it. |
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said by jap:said by Crookshanks:...footage of dead American and British soldiers, disregarding the laws of war Laws of war? Oh, that is rich. Exactly what I was thinking. |
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Now you sound like those you are opposing. |
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VanPremium
join:2009-07-08
New Orleans, LA | reply to DataRiker
said by DataRiker:said by wdoa:War is ugly, maybe if we saw more of the results of war we wouldn't be so quick to send our troops into harms way.
+1 People like war as long as they don't have to see the reality of it. It was 1959 when Dick Cheney, then a student at Yale University, turned 18 and became eligible for the draft.
Eventually, like 16 million other young men of that era, Mr. Cheney sought deferments. By the time he turned 26 in January 1967 and was no longer eligible for the draft, he had asked for and received five deferments, four because he was a student and one for being a new father.
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