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This is a near year old rant so the grammar sucks. However, my feelings have yet to be altered.

People always wonder when I tell, no I did not read the newspaper (well, I did read comics) and no, I did not watch the news. People wonder, don't I care what happens in world?

But I do care what happens. But I don't want to find out from a newspaper or a tv. They are what manipulates the masses and shapes our world image.

Now, I'd like to start out for the fact that ALL NEWS GET AMERICANIZED. This pisses me off to no extent. For example, the two towers. Yeah, terrorists blew the towers. How many times did the press ask Bin Laden about the manner? How many times did we see the terrorists view?

We were automaticly given out the fact and fed that this whole thing was out of horrible and sick dislike against americans. I'm sure some of that is true, but that's not the whole truth. Because they were guilty, we shouldn't hear them? (As oposed to say, hearing interviews from serial killers and such?)

World is not black and white. Everyone has moral and their own values and their ideals of good and wrong. Now, exactly, you hear about the bomb thing. But did you read in your paper that when each country decided to put these filters in their factories to lower pollution rate, America declined this? Oh, thanks to this, some countries were left off without water.

And this is what sickens me most. Then, we are made out that they are doing "good things" by them apearing in television and doing aid to collect money to get water. The same water they first took off with their own short sightness!

Another thing wich manipulates is our image of "perfect". Ever since it's start, TV, magazines have told what to do, how to act and how to be to be a perfect.

In perfect marriage happily together, theres no arguments, lots of daisys, real cinger break home, a dog, never a cat and lots of kids.

Now, I'm sorry to say, but am I truly the only one that sees that not only is that humongous fat lie, it's also twisting things. Perfect love is never the happy end where the couple share a kiss. It's the couple that argue, they are the perfect love.

Why I say this? They fill each others cursings. Utter ever being happiness is not real. Only if you live in cave without any social contacts and stop the world.

We are told being chubby makes you unpopular and being thin makes popular. Now, I never found Skeletor from He man exactly the bestest sex symbol, but that's what Calista Flockheart must have held as her idol as well as many of those 40 pounds weighting girls who think they are fat.

And even more. Some may know my infamous rant about smoking. Now, ask yourself, exactly how many celebrities, famous and such smoke? The young (Especially young girls who may have a crush on some famous guy) may think that by smoking, they too will be famous. Or they may hope that they'd be "closer" to their idol. Whatever the reason, the outcome is the same.

Then, theres propaganda. Oh, the famous propaganda. Everyone knows about gulf war. US for examble, printed out small pamphlets "fighting for freedom". Freedom? FREEDOM? All the whole thing was to get oil and that's a fact. Sure, now theres this new war (Which I don't comment now) but the old war was all about oil.

Also, Media has nearly killed and nearly put many animals on verge of extint. When a boy chokes into chicken bone, it's not a big new. However, when a shark eats a boy, that's a frontpage new, despite that the sharks despise human meats taste and never really attack humans on purpose, not to mention, chokings killing way more in a year. This has caused even more dumber people to hunt sharks to point that there are only several left.

So now, you know why the only times I read news are when I simply MUST do so.


I'm not blaming america for anything. It's the media I again blame. I'm not saying our newspapers or news are any better, infact, they are just as bad.

Sorry if this sounded like pseudo rant against americans. This was pseudo rant against media.
Well, I can't really relate to that, I've been avoidng the newspapers, radios and news, so yeah...

-Oh yeah- (Squeals) Welcome back MISTER BIG T!!!
I agree with you on this (although my opinions usually arent as well thought out as yours were). and even if you did mean it as a psuedo rant against Americans, I'd understand.
First, reliable media, or as close as you can get to it; www.bbc.co.uk

Next; freedom. I have a question; "Freedom from what?" That's the best question you can ever ask an American, and they'll say "tyrants", most of the time.

Family. In Britain, we have one soap that date back from 1950, and the others have been 'round a long time. Look at them, now, and you'll not find a "happy family" in them.
I agree, the media hypes up all of its stories and most of the time is only concerned about ratings or sales. The truth is obscured or lost in the process. I tend to stay away from the newspapers, etc.
MISTER BIG T Wrote:World is not black and white. Everyone has moral and their own values and their ideals of good and wrong.

That right there is the problem. Not everyone has the same view of what right and wrong is. Everything is biased. People can come close to it, but humans are not all poweful and knowing.

I will quickly add that we don't need to ask the terrorists several times why they do what they do. If I am not mistaken it is rather plain why. If we know the answer it doesn't make sense to ask them for it.

The real problem is that the thinking that we will all amount to the same thing as long as we do what we feel is right.
The media hypes way too much. They devote an entire hour to all the horrific things that happen in the world but they don't devote even a split second to the good things unless there's something that would be "Entertaining".
MISTER BIG T Wrote:Then, theres propaganda. Oh, the famous propaganda. Everyone knows about gulf war. US for examble, printed out small pamphlets "fighting for freedom". Freedom? FREEDOM? All the whole thing was to get oil and that's a fact. Sure, now theres this new war (Which I don't comment now) but the old war was all about oil.

When they talk about freedom (situation doesn't matter) they always do the inverse of it, because they bring up the idea of making things more free letting people do things more calmly(such as removing violence) sure that can make a situation better for people (if they're really interested in it), but it only reduces the liberty of people because they come up to take controll of the whole situation.
when I see them use the word freedom it's very fishy.
Herr Mullen Wrote:First, reliable media, or as close as you can get to it; www.bbc.co.uk

That's what I was gonna suggest. Everyone I know that's interested in learning the truth goes to the BBC for the real scoop.
YOU WERE TAKEN IN BY THE BBC! Filthy British lies!
Trust Fox News Station it is the most trusted name in news and the station Bush watches.
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