Reuters caught doctoring photos in Lebanon war

08-06-06, 05:05 PM

I think this is Reuters' way of letting folks know that they, Reuters, control the news. The NY Times and CBS news also have done this in the recent past. They hurt their objectiveness in the eyes of the public whom they claim to represent.

I don't know what causes the abuses of the trust which is given news organizations. Is it the fact that all are in business for profit, and as a corrilary the pressure to make a scoop? Is it an idealogical paradigm, and the very human desire to hire people 'lke me'? Is it the, also very human desire to trust, the news services to provide an unbiased picture of what is happening while being more interested in the sports available on the TV 24 and 7, while demanding more caretaking by their Gov'ts, what was known as 'bread and circus' during the time of Rome?

I, for one, look to many sources for information. One reason I keep coming back to this forum.

Yahoshua · 08-06-06, 08:50 PM

I suppose we could tie it all to the upbringing we were taught in the givernment institutions aka "Public School." In where we are taught to obey our teachers and governing authorities without question. Same with our parents. We are taught how to do things but nowadays we are rarely taught WHY we do it in a certain way.

I would blame this sort of blind faith as being the source of naievete that has become commonplace in the U.S. Now with the advent of bloggers, people are waking up and are turning to other outlets for their news. People with no real agenda other than for the facts on the ground as they find them.

Contrast this with the mega-corporation news outlets and the news anchor who gets $100 million a year and tells you what is news and what isn't, or the blue-collar blogger who earns $50k a year who tells you what is happening and where it happened. (how's that for a run-on sentence?

). Who would people be more willing to trust if they make mistakes? And who would they retaliate more harshly against for trying to cover it up?

August · 08-06-06, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Yahoshua

People with no real agenda other than for the facts on the ground as they find them.

But they can be problematic as well. How do we really know that these people have no agenda? Bloggers, for the most part, operate under the cloak of internet anonymity so, unlike the professional journalist, we can't even tell, again for the most part, whether they are who they say they are.

I think blogging is an instution that is the answer to a propagandists dreams. That is not to say that all or even most bloggers have ulterior motives, but it can certainly provide fertle ground to spread disinformation.

Happy Times · 08-07-06, 03:43 AM

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08-06-06, 08:50 PM	#2
Yahoshua The Old Man Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,493 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I suppose we could tie it all to the upbringing we were taught in the givernment institutions aka "Public School." In where we are taught to obey our teachers and governing authorities without question. Same with our parents. We are taught how to do things but nowadays we are rarely taught WHY we do it in a certain way. I would blame this sort of blind faith as being the source of naievete that has become commonplace in the U.S. Now with the advent of bloggers, people are waking up and are turning to other outlets for their news. People with no real agenda other than for the facts on the ground as they find them. Contrast this with the mega-corporation news outlets and the news anchor who gets $100 million a year and tells you what is news and what isn't, or the blue-collar blogger who earns $50k a year who tells you what is happening and where it happened. (how's that for a run-on sentence? ). Who would people be more willing to trust if they make mistakes? And who would they retaliate more harshly against for trying to cover it up? __________________ Science is the organized unpredictability that strives not to set limits to mans' capabilities, but is the engine by which the limits of mans' understanding is defined-Yahoshua

08-07-06, 03:43 AM	#4
Happy Times Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 2,950 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	"What Really Happens Pallywood" http://www.break.com/movies/what_rea...pallywood.html __________________

08-06-06, 05:05 PM	#1
waste gate Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I think this is Reuters' way of letting folks know that they, Reuters, control the news. The NY Times and CBS news also have done this in the recent past. They hurt their objectiveness in the eyes of the public whom they claim to represent. I don't know what causes the abuses of the trust which is given news organizations. Is it the fact that all are in business for profit, and as a corrilary the pressure to make a scoop? Is it an idealogical paradigm, and the very human desire to hire people 'lke me'? Is it the, also very human desire to trust, the news services to provide an unbiased picture of what is happening while being more interested in the sports available on the TV 24 and 7, while demanding more caretaking by their Gov'ts, what was known as 'bread and circus' during the time of Rome? I, for one, look to many sources for information. One reason I keep coming back to this forum.