Fair and Balanced
Nov. 16th, 2004 09:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rain_gryphonWoot! We've now got an airbreathing engine that works at mach 9.
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So, the BBC is running an analysis piece criticizing what they call 'hate media' in the Ivory Coast. One of the listed characteristics of hate media is that they try to inflame passions by showing pictures of wounded civilians. Of course, when the Beeb manages to include a picture of a wounded or distressed civilian with nearly every article they run on Iraq, that's just 'balanced coverage'. No attempt to manipulate people there...
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So, the BBC is running an analysis piece criticizing what they call 'hate media' in the Ivory Coast. One of the listed characteristics of hate media is that they try to inflame passions by showing pictures of wounded civilians. Of course, when the Beeb manages to include a picture of a wounded or distressed civilian with nearly every article they run on Iraq, that's just 'balanced coverage'. No attempt to manipulate people there...
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Date: 2004-11-17 03:43 pm (UTC)Hey, you got that one, right between the eyes there!