Well, we go from Schievo to the pope to the royal wedding

[Ironpost]

and no news on the situation in Iraq. Why doesn't our main stream media not report the news? It seems the more it is obvious that the bush cartel screwed up the less is reported concerning that. Isn't this illegal, aren't they supposed to report the news as it is no matter what.

[rodeodance]

1. also see this thread-i was saying the same

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1714217

[givemebackmycountry]

2. COMING UP NEXT!!!!!

All Michael Jackson! All the time!

Jacko touched my bum!



God forbid we should cover something that REALLY matters!

[H2O Man]

3. Last night

my brother sent me an e-mail complaining that they buried the pope. He was hoping they would stretch it out a few more weeks of 24-7 coverage.

I was so disappointed to turn on thenews this morning and see the wedding. Good luck to the happy couple, but it isn't close to being "news."

[Ironpost]

5. I guess the MSM is going on the no news is good news theory. n/t

[H2O Man]

7. Sometimes when I flip

through the news, I feel like I'm in a library that only has the lowest quality of fiction. The internet(s) provide more of real interest than tv. And I always have my own library!

But it is discouraging to see what the public is being fed......

[Ironpost]

10. If it wasn't for the internet and especially DU I wouldn't have a clue

as to what is happening in the world and that my friends is sad.

[kskiska]

4. Friday is Prince Rainier's funeral

though he's unlikely to get the "A-List" mourners.

[KharmaTrain]

6. That Requires REAL Reporting

These three events were great made-for-TV fodder. I'm sure the suits at CNNServative were doing the happy dance when the Pope's condition dovetailed right into the end of the Schaivo circus.

All these things were easy to cover...they all took place in safe, controlled situations which were being orchestrated for the cameras by the participants. This was video theater...not real life. It didn't require much more than sending a satellite set-up, a couple of "personalities"...add to that the usual suspects of telepayola pundits to provide hours of spin and more spin and tons of archived video that gets burned in and, viola, you have cheap, easy, highly profitable cable news programming.

I popped on CNNServative throughout the morning and I've only seen a few mentions about the protest in Baghdad today. Now aren't their cameras still sitting in the hotel across from the square the protest are taking place? (The Palestine I think). All I've seen is canned programs and re-hash on the Chuckles/Camilla wedding.

Last night I got into an online "discussion" with someone who claimed he just returned from Iraq and said he was planning to go back. Long story short, a bunch of us nailed him on all the war's hypocrisies, but he still couldn't stop spewing the same old talking points and attempting to divert back to flag waiving and name calling. We live in a very sick country.

[H2O Man]

8. "We live in a very sick country."

Well said. Very well said, indeed!

[nadinbrzezinski]

12. Oh I can bet from the line he was feeding yuo

he has not been to the sandbox... most who have been there done that are all but suportive.

We have some plants in onlne groups who are easy as pie to spot... ask them some detailed questions about oh Halliburton run facilities and they tend to ahem, disapear very fast

[KharmaTrain]

20. I'm Very Dubious

Yep, brought up Haliburton and asked him about those making the 100k a year tax free...and he said "those are only a handful". Yeah, right. Then he said he wouldn't mind taking one of those jobs. I invited him to knock himself out. Just don't play mercenary on my dime. He got honked at the mercenary term, then went to the wingnut's #1 defensive attack line..."well, have you ever served".

I don't play that game and don't let him turn the tables. I just answer "what's it matter?" and remind him that I pay taxes for this war. I also reminded him of all the Veterans benefits that have been cut and the terrible care given to the returning veterans. Also, I was kind, I asked what he thought about what was happening to the over 20,000 already injured and the many more who've come back with their mind's scrambled. Again, he asks "did you serve". Again I reply "what's it matter?"

Next I asked him to explain the end game here. If there's progress, like he claimed (called him on the dittohead talking point) isn't being reported, why aren't our troops coming home? What's the exit strategy? How many more will die? How many more wounded should I expect to help support?

There was a pleasant Ralph Kramden "Hum Nah Mah...Hum Nah Mah..." moment before he went to the next dittohead talking point...Iraq was involved in 9/11. Sheesh, what's in that kool aid?

Cheers!

[cornermouse]

9. War? What war?

:sarcasm:

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. See this is the modern iteratiion of the ministry of truth

they don't want you to know the truth (40 troops died this week)... that would be bad for the corporatist whores

[ropi]

13. i think of this when i see the news.

seems that most americans, our current administration, and our news are taking scarlett o'hara's stance:

"Fiddle-dee-dee! War, war, war. This war talk's spoiling all the fun at every party this spring. I get so bored I could scream." --movie quote GWTW

[derby378]

14. "War is over if Bush wants it"

We saw the Republicans waving their purple fingers at the SOTU speech in "solidarity" with the Iraqis. War's over, man. Now pass me the pork rinds and let's see that recreation on E! of yesterday's Michael Jackson trial highlights.



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[More Than A Feeling]

15. because they are events focused rather than big picture focused

Taken individually, Schiavo, the Pope, and the Wedding all bigger, more interesting, and more newsworthy to the MSM than a few soldiers dying or an attack or two that seem to happen every day, so less newsworthy.

If they reported on the big picture of the true state of things in Iraq, the true picture of poverty here and around the world, then you'd see some real questioning going on. But they don't operate that way.

[kliljedahl]

16. You're so right

& besides, it's bad for Bidness.


http://www.kliljedahl.net

[Lone_Star_Dem]

17. The news is like those tabloids they sell at grocery checkouts

They peddle stories that have no real meaning but catch peoples attention. People watch for entertainment not information. The networks and advertisers figured this out long ago. Don't expect to see it change anytime in the near future, it makes money and that's the bottom line.

[Fleshdancer]

18. I can't tell CNN apart from Entertainment Tonight anymore

the media is a big joke

[DearAbby]

19. From two dead...... to the walking dead. Prince Charles and Camilla

Next, Michael Jacksathon after these messages. :boring:

[Robbien]

21. All repressive regimes have news coverage such as this

I don't believe it will ever get better any time soon.