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Mosby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 03:15 PM Original message |
Al-Jazeera's graphic Gaza images inspire anger, hostility |
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Zaidinit (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. Al Jazeera is one of the best networks in the world |
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Sultana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Yea, true.. |
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Zaidinit (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 03:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Saudi Arabia is a totalitarian state |
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Sultana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I don't why Al Jazeera caved but I think it had to do w/ some business deals |
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Zaidinit (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I know that they recently were bought up privately and don't operate from Qatar anymore |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 03:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. And what is Qatar? |
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Zaidinit (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 03:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Autocratic =/= Totalitarian |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 03:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Which Middle East countries do you consider Totalitarian? |
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Sultana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Qatar is much more "free" than Saudi Arabia |
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GSPowner (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. One of the best TOOLS sure |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. A Pretty Worthless Complaint, Sir |
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Mosby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Maybe |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. No, there's no maybe's about what The Magistrate said... |
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Mosby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. So I take it you have no problem with children |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 04:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Read my reply to The Magistrate.... |
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Mosby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 04:56 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. I read your reply |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 08:38 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. While we see the same point on exposure of children, we disagree on responsibility... |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 04:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Broadcast News, Sir, Certainly Should Consist Of Dancing Ponies And Lollipops, No Doubt About It |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. That, Sir, Is Downright Silly... |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. While I agree it's downright silly, there's a shard of truth in there... |
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Mosby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 04:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I don't find anything silly about PTSD, depession |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Compared To the Consequences Of Seeing the Things Spattered Over the Street Where You Live, Sir |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. I agree |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
30. You could say that about news programmes in general |
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Mosby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Do networks in GB show dead bodies on the air? |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Yes, sometimes |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 06:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
34. Why do you think Al Jazeera takes such a different approach to this than Western media outlets? |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 08:50 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. What do you mean Western outlets? We see lots of graphic images here in Australia... |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 09:00 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. The images from 9/11 you describe were deliberately not repeated |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 09:04 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Of course they were repeated. Over and over again... |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 09:22 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. They were not repeated - in fact, ABC never aired any such footage even once |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 09:36 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. They were repeated here. I'm not talking about the US coz I wouldn't know... |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 09:40 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Sorry - I thought I made it clear that I was talking about the US media |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. I'll take a stab at the revised question... |
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delad (235 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 11:09 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. the deliberate act of censorship |
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Pharaoh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
4. Good |
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Sultana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
6. What's wrong about showing the truth? |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
12. While understandably the Israeli government would |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
16. Did they do the same thing when covering other conflicts? |
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Sezu (920 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 04:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. I guess they can only wish Kuntar Happy Birthday |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. So that bit in the article about the apology for what the Lebanese bureau did isn't true? n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. Their coverage may be hampered in the locations that American forces |
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stranger81 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 05:40 PM Response to Reply #16 |
32. Al-Jazeera's coverage of the Iraq & Afghanistan wars has been similar. |
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ProgressiveMuslim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
25. It believe it is called "JOURNALISM." That's something we get when brave journalists actually go |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
36. More crap from the rightwing JPost. Hasn't Hollinger sold it yet? |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 09:09 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. JPost is not nearly as right wing as the Iranian Quranic News Agency |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 09:39 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. So fucking what? What Indy said is true... |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 09:57 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. I don't think so |
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