Well said, Masklinn. I get the impression over the last few weeks from reading posts around here that the US media (or the part most people watch here anyways) is rather biased and one-sided in its reports concerning France, blowing anything relating to France out of proportion and context...
[warning - lighthearted sarcasm ahead, don't take it too literally or seriously
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France is
not a country full of Anti-Christs. They will
not go out to eat your children at night. They do
not hate your freedom nor support terrorism. They do
not worship nor support Saddam Hussein or Bin Laden. All they did (or technically speaking, the French Government) was (strongly) disagree with the US's foreign politics, nothing more, nothing less.
And protests get out of hand occasionally all around the world... But somehow whatever newsstation Reeka was watching decided to highlight some minor damage to a McDonalds just because it happened in France - If this had happened in any other country, it probably wouldn't even have made the news. Don't be fooled by news broadcasts, most of the media stations are trying to bring the news the way they want you to see it.
of course this goes for both the American and the European media; the latter isn't completely unbiased about its reports about the US either. Most newsstations around the world tend to claim objectivity, while they're most likely not. Their political preferences may definitely influence the way of bringing the news or which news will and which won't be broadcast, even while they may not even realize they're not 100% objective. I for one don't think that complete objectivity exists in the first place when it comes to reporting news of a political nature, but what do I know.
Oh, and my above post doesn't mean I'm not condoning any violence during peace demonstrations, because in my opinion, rioting during demonstrations is useless and inexcuseable... But it seems I've just gone waaaaay off-topic. [img]redface.gif[/img]
[ 03-21-2003, 05:50 AM: Message edited by: Grojlach ]