I have been investigating, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, through non-mainstream and foreign media sources, and have found that a different story is told. The organization, Jewish Voices for Peace, is a group in northern California that gathers facts and reports on these facts in a very different way then whats is commonly seen in the typical American media. BBC is the principle news source is the UK and even the way they report on the issue has a different feel to it.
I think that way that these organizations deliver their news helps individuals gain a more rounded perspective on the issues at hand. Similar to how in Firefly, displaying specific actions of Mal, such as returning medicine at the risk of his life, gives the viewer a different view on someone, who in the mainstream media would be considered a criminal and a thief. I am not saying that all the things Mal does are right, but if the viewer never saw the good he was capable of, Mal may end up being a common criminal in their eyes.
This reminds me of something that my Comm professor was talking about once. After hurricane Katrina, there were 2 different pictures: one of a boy waste deep in water with food and another of a couple waste deep in water with food. Media sources commented on the pictures and, according to one source, the little boy was "looting" food. According to another source, the couple was "finding" food for their families. The 2 pictures were generally the same, but the media tagged the boy as being a criminal by just changing 1 word.
ReplyDeleteThis blog is definately an interesting one because it really hits home for anyone who reads or watches the news. It gets tough sometimes to be able to actually sort out the facts and make your own opinion because all of the news agencies seem to be pushing their opinion on you and spinning the story to their liking. In my opinion, it's frustrating not being able to know the exact truth. It's like with the whole situation with U.S. forces in Afghanistan. The military says that they need more troops; the governments says they don't. Both are feeding us stories on what is going on over there, but it is so difficult for a normal U.S. citizen to make a decision on the issue or take a stance because no one knows what the hard facts are. We just get to see the facts as they are through some other group's eyes.
ReplyDeleteIts always different to look at both sides. Everyone one has their own opinion, so obviously the ways they report on the subject would vary.
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