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Jul 07, 2005 22:33

Alright, so everyone is probably aware of the situation that has been developing in London this evening. As has been recently spectacularly documented on this very site, my knowledge of the machinations of local and world politics is not the greatest. But i do, however, know a thing or two about the media. I have been watching the entire coverage ( Read more... )

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ville_lady July 8 2005, 01:32:25 UTC

It's disgusting isn't it? I fear the power of the media more than I fear some crazed lunatic blowing up my train in the morning.

It seems this morning they have had a group take responsibility for the action ... wonder if that includes helping the victims and their families recover ...'responsibility' ... such a throw away word these days.

As for Bush ... he doesn't kill people, guns kill people, he just tells the guns where to fire ...

philosophish July 8 2005, 01:37:18 UTC

And 'J', never has an LJ icon been more appropriate than yours is right now!

cut_paste July 8 2005, 02:03:27 UTC

It seems this morning they have had a group take responsibility for the action

I was looking at InfoWars.com this morning. Now this website is usually responsible for a lot of paranoid conspiracy theories and doom & gloom but i got a giggle when they said"

Santa Claus could put up a website and claim responsibility, does that make it so?

They also have begun claiming that MI5 have their fingerprints all over this and a cover-up is in progress. Fanatics everywhere...

philosophish July 8 2005, 04:11:53 UTC

I was thinking MI5 straight away. It is obvious that the old crusty, Geldof has diverted attention away from the true meaning of the G8 leaders, "stuff alleviating poverty, what is that going to do for us....C'mon, your either with us or against us, and crusty pinko Sir Bob is obviou$ly again$st u$".

philosophish July 8 2005, 01:42:56 UTC

C'mon Joel....you can't blame 7 (it was the cricket!!!!). Actually, I am kinda glad there wasn't the same blanket coverage as 9/11 when the feeds are from 'reputable' news sources like CNN and ITV.

Maybe they thought of the old saying, "if you haven't got anything nice to say blah blah!!"

transverselogic July 8 2005, 12:43:04 UTC

I'm with you J, we were watching the international news over here last night and the BBC kept insisting on flashing the bulletpoint "Al-Queda may be responsible".

I mean, gramatically that's fucking meaningless, anyone MAY be responsible until conlusive evidence points the finger - you MAY be responsible, I MAY be responsible. It's the same automatic response any news agency puts to any terrorist incident and (rant mode) it pisses me off that they are only interested in causing alarm and hence ratings, and it works because the people watching are generally to STUPID to realise that "Al-Queda may be responsible" is meaningless in this context, and any notion of journalistic integrity goes out the window.

The other bullet point they kept flashing was "Tony Blair condemns attacks"...REALLY? You mean he's not applauding them?

C'mon people, news is to be reported, not created.