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View Poll Results: Did you follow the news on one special channel? | |||
Yes | 17 | 65.38% | |
No | 9 | 34.62% | |
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05-02-2003, 05:22 PM | #1 |
Apophis
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Due to the fact that the war forum is closing I decided, with help from Luvian, to post the poll in here instead. Please share your thoughts not only by voting but also by giving us your reasoning. [img]smile.gif[/img] Since I canīt make a poll covering all networks, I had to make this a yes or no question, therefore PLEASE tell us what you thought.
BUT please refrain from debating other peoples comments since you can in no way sway their past decisions. I hope this will help to keep the discussion friendly. [img]smile.gif[/img] Comments are of course allowed if they meet the ToS.
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05-02-2003, 06:26 PM | #2 |
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I followed the war on Fox, and I am not ashamed in the slightest degree. I did, however, love the look on Peter Jennings' face when Saddam's statue was pulled down. He looked like he smelled something really, really bad.
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05-02-2003, 06:49 PM | #3 |
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I followed the BBC news since I found that they had way better commenting and information than most American channels. They also have a slightly different view on casualties (I mean ABSOLUTELY no disrespect to any fallen in battle).
I must say I was very disappointed with CNN. Sure they had good coverage but they lacked in every other area IMO. Since I didnīt watch Fox, I only watch one program on Fox, I canīt comment on that. I could only comment on what Iīve seen in the papers or heard on the news but I didnīt experience it myself. [img]smile.gif[/img]
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05-03-2003, 12:21 AM | #4 |
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I'll second Attalus' post, and further comment that at times it seemed like ABCNBCCBSCNN couldn't wait to broadcast that the troops were bogged down, friendly fire, accidently killing a civilian, every little nitpick designed to make the troops and by extension George W. look bad.
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05-03-2003, 01:50 AM | #5 |
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I followed BBC after discovering CNN wasn't so impartial as I thought. Anyway, the first casualty of war is the truth.
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05-04-2003, 06:37 PM | #6 |
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I followed it on all channels. If I wanted information I went to the BBC, if I wanted rhetoric I went to FOX, if I wanted a laugh I went to FOX, and if I wanted a rumour I went to FOX [img]smile.gif[/img] . Sky did a pretty good job - not much to say about CNN or NBC.
To style myself briefly on FOX , "We at DBS (Davros Broadcasting Station) conjecture that FOX is really a news commentary sercvice, and it is rumoured that their core motto is that Every Fact Deserves A Good Opinion"
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05-05-2003, 04:27 AM | #7 |
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For Tv news I go for the closest to the channel I am watching. So 41 Fox is lowest usually followed by 42,43 CNN then 53 MSNBC but ultimately I usually only watched TV war coverage for the live action shots and skip to 61 comedy central and my favorite news commentary : Jon Stewart. [img]smile.gif[/img] Unfortunaltley I do not get the BBC TV regularly.
I use google news search and typically scan a few stories everyday whilst web surfing. And finally the Boston Globe or Herald or Metro or Pheonix or the NY times and occasionally the WSJ while on the train. I have a subscription to Time magazine. I skimmed past most TV coverage only because in general I find the TV packaging of news to be geared more towards entertainment and less toward factual and thoughtful reporting. Either they were reporting the over-hyped phantom 7 day quagmire or womd sightings like the presidents re-election counted on finding them. War demonstarators were reduced to a few soundbytes of rioters and people who carried "no war for oil" signs from the thousands who attended. Tv is good for a soundbyte, a documentry, or live action unfolding, everything else available is too overpackaged, lean on facts, or over-slanted for me. I did find it eerily entertaining for a moment to surf past a live battle scene unfolding as well as gut wrenching becasue during that live battle I stood witness to the death being caused.
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07-14-2003, 10:43 PM | #8 |
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During this War in Iraq thing, I left CNN on AT ALL TIMES.
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07-15-2003, 11:13 AM | #9 |
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I actually switched around quite a bit including the BBC and I've got to say EVERYONE of them had a slant. No exceptions.
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