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ninty · 03-16-2005, 05:12 PM

I read it.

I've never denied the fact that good things can come out of the war. It doesn't mean I have to agree with it however.

There are really only a couple positive points in there which are the terrorist recruiting and less attacks, the other stuff isn't positive or negative, their just facts from the front.

I don't see this article as being "liberal or conservative" in nature, rather details and progress being made in the country, so I don’t know what you guys are getting excited about.

It doesn’t matter who you are, or what policies you believe in, I don’t think anyone like to see people die. I don’t want any Iraqis to die. I don’t want any Americans to die either. If there are less attacks and less terrorists in Iraq, then that’s good. I hope that’s true. My personal opinion is that the US is just creating more terrorists with the invasion and occupation. I don’t see it good for anyone.

As for Liberal media, I always laugh when I hear this.

I don't watch any main stream new channels because their ALL BS. All of the channels are neither Liberal nor Conservative with the exception of Fox. I think we can all agree that Fox is right wing. The rest of the news stations report news, but they don't investigate or detail the news. They report it and give opinions which are not what a news organization should do in my opinion.

A true news organization gets a story, checks the facts and investigates the story, airs the story, facts and the results of their investigation. A news station should not be giving these liberal and conservative opinions, because really, politics shouldn't matter in the story. What should matter is a truthful telling of the story backed up by facts without an agenda.

The facts should be conveyed. All main stream news does is put spin on stories. Channels should be held responsible for what they put on the air. By this I mean that they should have to investigate before putting something up. There are an extremely high number of false stories and reports that news channels try to put out there without first checking because they want to be the first ones to have it up. It doesn't matter if it’s true or not.

The media censors itself. You may think the stations are liberal, but there are hundreds of stories that get thrown by the wayside because they don’t agree with the current political climate.

Freedom of the press should be just that. Reporters should be able to present their story with facts to back it up without having to look over their shoulder, without having the worry of being fired. In today’s news industry, if you don’t conform to those stations policies, you won’t have a job. I see that pretty clearly, and it’s not right.

Mainstream news don't report news, they report bullshit.

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ninty is Offline Major General Posts: 12,683 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Calgary	03-16-2005, 05:12 PM I read it. I've never denied the fact that good things can come out of the war. It doesn't mean I have to agree with it however. There are really only a couple positive points in there which are the terrorist recruiting and less attacks, the other stuff isn't positive or negative, their just facts from the front. I don't see this article as being "liberal or conservative" in nature, rather details and progress being made in the country, so I don’t know what you guys are getting excited about. It doesn’t matter who you are, or what policies you believe in, I don’t think anyone like to see people die. I don’t want any Iraqis to die. I don’t want any Americans to die either. If there are less attacks and less terrorists in Iraq, then that’s good. I hope that’s true. My personal opinion is that the US is just creating more terrorists with the invasion and occupation. I don’t see it good for anyone. As for Liberal media, I always laugh when I hear this. I don't watch any main stream new channels because their ALL BS. All of the channels are neither Liberal nor Conservative with the exception of Fox. I think we can all agree that Fox is right wing. The rest of the news stations report news, but they don't investigate or detail the news. They report it and give opinions which are not what a news organization should do in my opinion. A true news organization gets a story, checks the facts and investigates the story, airs the story, facts and the results of their investigation. A news station should not be giving these liberal and conservative opinions, because really, politics shouldn't matter in the story. What should matter is a truthful telling of the story backed up by facts without an agenda. The facts should be conveyed. All main stream news does is put spin on stories. Channels should be held responsible for what they put on the air. By this I mean that they should have to investigate before putting something up. There are an extremely high number of false stories and reports that news channels try to put out there without first checking because they want to be the first ones to have it up. It doesn't matter if it’s true or not. The media censors itself. You may think the stations are liberal, but there are hundreds of stories that get thrown by the wayside because they don’t agree with the current political climate. Freedom of the press should be just that. Reporters should be able to present their story with facts to back it up without having to look over their shoulder, without having the worry of being fired. In today’s news industry, if you don’t conform to those stations policies, you won’t have a job. I see that pretty clearly, and it’s not right. Mainstream news don't report news, they report bullshit.