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Trauma-san:
Look at this shit.  I've been harping about it forever, but it's getting worse.  The media, particularly the news outlets, are polluting your mind, and they have absolutely nothing positive or hope-inspiring to offer you.  People should just stop even paying attention to the news.  Let me give you an example.

Right now, if you go to cnn.com, here are the headlines.  I'm not even ommitting any.

Search Teams & Aid reach Quake Zone (story about 20,000 people dying in Iraq)

U.S. Probes Mad Cow Canadian Link (story about a cow with a horrible disease)

Twelve die in Karbala Attacks

Bodies Found in California Mudslide

DNA From John Benet Ramsey's clothes sent to FBI (Story about a 5 year old being raped and murdered)

Head in Shed prompts lawsuit

Three Snowboarders feared dead after Avalananche

And, The icing on the cake, the Sports news headline is: Steinbrenner collapses at footballer's memorial

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Now, if you go to foxnews.com, there's goes like this.

Thirteen Dead in Iraq Terror Attacks

Relatives Dig Through Rubble in Iraq

U.S., Guerillas Clash in Afganistan

Nine Missing In California Mudslide

U.S. - Mad Cow Came From Canada

Mars Probe Still Silent (story about a failed mission to mars by a probe)

Steinbrenner Collapses in Florida

Utah Snowboarders feared dead

New Year's Eve Terror Watch ( LOL! Unbelievable)

N. Korea WMD talks to resume (story about N. Korea having big bombs that can kill cities at a time).


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That's everyone of both organization's headlines.  Is there any doubt in any of your minds now that Bad News is the Only News when it comes to these fuckers? Instead of running a story about New Years, they run a story about New Years terrorist threats.  WHAT IN THE FUCK.  They print minute details about a case involving a raped 5 year old who was murdered 4 or 5 years ago, I guess it was a slow day, and they had to dig up something bad from the past.  Out of all the games today, they only print that an owner fainted at a memorial service.  Instead of talking about a manhunt for some lost people in Utah, they talk about how they're probably dead.  ONE FUCKING COW comes down with a disease, and they act like it's the end of the world, and cover every little aspect of it, even though the reason the cow was identified was because the failsafes that protect us from this type of thing WORKED and identified the cow as infected.  Instead of talking about launching a sattelite, filled with invaluable equipment, that was successfully launched into orbit around Mars, they talk about the small part of the sattellite that failed to land on Mars.  

The news media fucking disgusts me.  Nothing they do inspires or helps the human race, all it does is depress and divide us.  

Citizen-Y:
People still watch the news?   ???

Lincoln:
That's because of how society is. Society isn't all into happy things, the negativity gets the ratings.

Trauma-san:
My society isn't, fuck that.  I'm into positive things.  That's why I don't watch the news, I don't relate to something that only reports negativity.  Sure, a disaster in Iran is newsworthy, that should definately be on the news.  The problem is that they don't report anything good, period.  If it isn't bad news, they don't report it.  They report when entertainers get accused of a crime, but don't report when they're found innocent, etc.  It's just the way it's all slanted, it's disgusting, and I'm through with it.  

pappy:

--- Quote from: Trauma on December 27, 2003, 03:15:39 PM ---

And, The icing on the cake, the Sports news headline is: Steinbrenner collapses at footballer's memorial



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damn shame 2 bad he wasnt dead

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