CNN politically correct
By glazou on Wednesday 31 March 2004, 21:21 - Bushisms - Permalink
Warning, this post contains facts. These facts describe precisely a very violent attack that took place in Iraq today, to be compared with CNN's soft description. Don't read if you're not sure you can...
According to CNN:
" Four civilian U.S. contractors were killed in a grenade attack today in central Iraq, U.S. officials said. A cheering crowd in Fallujah pulled the charred bodies from burning vehicles and hung them from a Euphrates River bridge. At least one of the bodies was dragged through the streets, witnesses said. "
The reality, censored by CNN's "politically correct" policy: after the grenade attack, the commando left, and the crowd started mutilating the corpses with knives. At least one body was covered with gas and burned by the crowd. Bodies and parts of bodies were attached to cars and dragged through the streets. After that, the crowd hung the remains by the feet, and hung one hand and apparently one head where the attack took place.
Comments
Who cares? CNN reports in a way that doesn't scare the viewer
I care.
I do care as well.
Actually for those who follow the CNN editorial line since some time it is clear that they strongly support the government - I'm not telling it is bad just that the way they report the information is without doubt skewed...
And particularly with the upcoming election the way they report on Irak is terribly skewed (compare how they report new death now in the middle of an article by a one liner to what was done at the beginning...) - but the internet is vast, thus you won't see the reality only if you want it, and then you'll have nobody to blame at the terrible wake-up...
Yeller : the big difference in the report is that the bloody plain facts show hatred to a point that it is difficult to explain and to justify : this guy just hate Americans, just because they are Americans and nothing can change that I fear...
But I'm also sure that people can answer me 'who cares about Irak', it is true (well except for the familly of the guys there maybe...), and this may justify somehow the watering down tone of CNN (but since when is the role of Journalist to follow the public opinion?), but then why go there in the first place...
We should accept the fact that it was a damn mistake (specially without UN backing) and kick the guy responsible for this one out of office... and I'm sure he will be, whatever CNN does to manipulate information.
That's why I don't watch CNN any more. I turned to BBC World and Euronews.
Stuff like this happens too often to be shocking any more.