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Post by: andrewloppol on April 26, 2010, 09:47:17 pm
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Title: Re: Help with news stories blown out of proportion!
Post by: Yitzi_K on April 26, 2010, 09:53:30 pm
Look at how the Indian media reacted to the violence here, it's ridiculous how out of control they were

The Clarke-Bingle-Fev debacle - no one actually gave a fuck, but it was front page news for a week
Title: Re: Help with news stories blown out of proportion!
Post by: ninwa on April 26, 2010, 09:55:22 pm
the story of the man who accidentally set himself on fire comes to mind...

ABC story note how it says "He had just come home from a dinner party with his wife and went to park his car when four men poured fluid over him and set him alight" without using the word allegedly (which is a journalistic norm) and mentions other racist attacks in the same article

and what actually happened


Editorial: [i]Don't believe the media hype: racism is often a two-way street[/i]
Title: Re: Help with news stories blown out of proportion!
Post by: ninwa on April 26, 2010, 10:37:45 pm
I remembered the story and googled "man accidentally sets self on fire" :P
Title: Re: Help with news stories blown out of proportion!
Post by: Gloamglozer on April 26, 2010, 11:10:21 pm
the story of the man who accidentally set himself on fire comes to mind...

ABC story note how it says "He had just come home from a dinner party with his wife and went to park his car when four men poured fluid over him and set him alight" without using the word allegedly (which is a journalistic norm) and mentions other racist attacks in the same article

and what actually happened


Editorial: [i]Don't believe the media hype: racism is often a two-way street[/i]

How do you find such good articles :P?
I've been searching all week for this stuff lol.

There's an old saying that goes along the lines of, "If your mother doesn't know the answer to a question, then Google has it all."  :P  Gotta love that with passion.  :D