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"Media:The Duty of Truth ?"

Ok, i've just logged on again after being cut off(grrr) and the first thing i see is news of a train crash which was caused by a car on the line ( sound familiar anyone ? ), couple of people dead, plenty hurt and i'm just thinking that if this is a copycat or Berkshire where the driver killed himself, could it have been avoided if that had been reported differently, should the media tell white lies when the truth inspires more of the same.
I could rant on about this but i'd rather let you lot do it.
Have fun :)

Ok, i've just logged on again after being cut off(grrr) and the first thing i see is news of a train crash which was caused by a car on the line ( sound familiar anyone ? ), couple of people dead, plenty hurt and i'm just thinking that if this is a copycat or Berkshire where the driver killed himself, could it have been avoided if that had been reported differently, should the media tell white lies when the truth inspires more of the same.
I could rant on about this but i'd rather let you lot do it.
Have fun :)

I think that the media should report the truth but some details should be left out when too sensitive. I don't think that lies should be told just information with held.

Details on the war on terror has had details left out but people would like to know the whole truth. Censoring of this information is a choice of the government which we know holdsback alot of information that people probably should know about everyday life.

I don't think people as a whole need all the information as i see alot news as usless to me as it doesn't effect me. People mite think that i am selfish and you'd be right.

But i do have a point, does everyone need to know that there are boots made of rabbits?.......... Other than a smile to your face what does this information bring to the rest of your life?........ The answer nothing unless you need new boots and don't mind that they smell of carrots.

I am sure that people will disagree as otherwise this will be a boring thread.

All news and media has an agenda. Thread over.

I always wonder why reports of accidental death is news. Yes I understand big accidents, but small train/coach/car crashes on the national news. Doom and gloom is all it is. They use them as fillers when there's nothing juicier to report.

monkey_man wrote:
> All news and media has an agenda. Thread over.

Yup. Every media outlet tailors what it says to appeal to its audience. The duty of the media is to make money for it's owner. Which sucks of course, but there y'go.

What i was thinking specifically was if Berkshire had been reported as an accident instead of suicide would it have stopped the next suicidal lunatic (Un-pc) who wants to go out in a blaze of infamy from doing the same. I'm just thinking the media are giving people ideas.

Novocaine i can see your point in that repect but. even if thye had reported it as a accident there is no garentee that he wouldn't have still done that. But most likely he would have chosen another way. i think that they had to report it as it was because an accident implies that something went wrong with all the bad reports about the rail system faulse reporting of this story would more than likely have ended in media company's being taken to court for reporting lies.

then we start the argument of who has the right to decide what we should and shouldnt know? If the government found out that the sadam thing (lol) was all a big joke, but didnt tell us, and then we all had a vote on it, the result would be a war which had absolutely no point. (sound familiar?)

My point is that we can be easily manipulated when we dont have all the info. personally Id like to know everything. well. not EVERYTHING, but I dont know NOT knowing something ....specific.

We should have access to information that we need to know but information for example about the war and why we where doing it. It didn't make a blind bit of difference to why we went to war they wanted to shoot some peeps and nick some oil thats cool. But i don't mind why we go to war.

Me knowing wont change anything, me waiting in the cold with a banner with 'blood for oil' on wont stop someone getting shot it will however probably make me catch a cold. Which is much more relivent to me. Ok people will see me out there against the war. But i wouldn't see thouse people again.

Ok people want to know whats happening in the world thats fair enough but not all news is relivant.

In repect to this thread my post below is probably what should have been my last word on the subject but i fancied a rant.

monkey_man wrote:
> All news and media has an agenda. Thread over.

Media does. 'News' is 'news'.