You hear all of this propaganda that we don't really get the whole truth about circumstances and issues within our government and what is happening in the world like with Iraq, Oil, etc. and I just wanted to know if we aren't getting the truth how do we go about finding out? Are ratings more important then the truth and are we being misguided or what?
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I feel that the US media is not only dishonest, but is the main reason for the level of ignorance displayed by Americans with regards to other nations. \n\nOne guy I spoke to while there didn't realise that other countries had other currencies \n\n"Doesn't everyone use dollars maaaaaan?"
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I have been reading your questions on ask the planet as they come along during the day. You are really passionate about these issuse. I saw the report and I must say I see your point. Its like that movie, Vendetta with natalie portman. Did you watch it. Its very similar to what is happening right now. One person's terrorists is another person's hero. Im never quick to believe everything that is broadcasted from the American media. They are more about propoganda than truth. What can we do. American said they prefer Bush by voting him back in power. And he has successfully managed to manipulate you through the media. What the rest of the world is still asking... Where are the weapons of mass destruction?
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the government knew about it, they just didn't do anything about it. it gave them a reason to go and attack iraq. it's just another step closer to a world lead by one person, the anti-christ. remember, iraq and the rest of the middle east aren't the only ones that are under the influence of propaganda, we are too... it's just a matter of whether we listen to it or not.
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Sad to say not many people will watch such things as this. They are too busy on the phone with the likes of mike moore talking about how soldiers kill babies.\n\nI did sit through Fahrenheit 911. I can say he used a nice camera to film it, and thankfully just about every one who had a hand in it is suing good old mike.\n\nBut very few people understand what is going on in Iraq. Unless you were there, Fought in a war or are the spouse of a trooper, America's views are filtered through the evening's Infotainment that was once called journalism. \n\nNow don't get me wrong, if you don't like what I say but are a capable journalist than that's great. But far too often we are being feed the Fonda party line.\n\nIf you read and keep up on world events than a movie such as this is redundant. Knowing that our President (If you don't like him vote next time.) is doing what must be done. We ARE safer today than we were in 2000. \n\nIf the public would only visit a library, talk to someone who you respect on such matters that would shed some light on it for you. Ask a veteran what they did down range. Get the news from the source. Ask questions and learn something. We would all be better off.
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But how much of your "information" is filtered through a system that may not give you the whole truth?\n\nAny source for news will have a bias, regardless of the intention.\n\nNo offense, what proof do you have to support the 90% number you quote?
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there are many different sources of news today: the internet is good because of its immediate nature, tv and newspapers are good because they can provide and in-depth local slant on a story.  but if you try to stay on top of everything, you'll suffer from information overload. \n\nindividually:::if you are asking how to pick and choose between the wide variety, i think a person should take into account the time they have available to digest the news, and what things they feel they need to know.  i've customized my yahoo page to bring up only those sources i trust, so in a sense i've censored myself.  there's too much out there and i feel the need to draw a line.\n\nas a society:::on the other hand if you're asking how much of our national defense policy should we give away, or should we publicize crimes that might incite others to repeat them, then it's a much finer line, with much more at stake.  where does the public's right to know overlap the potential dangers to them?  it can be decided on a case-by-case basis, but do we really trust news editors to make that call for us? they are biased by their own opinions too, so what they want us to see and hear will be colored by that.  credibility is an issue when the media are businesses that exist to make money 1st and report 2nd.  it's small wonder that people view the mass media with more than a little suspicion.
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I Cannot Elaborate Any More Than The Answers Of\nBLETSCH and THATWOULDBEGREAT-(Above)\n\nIgnorance IS The Problem Here\nIGNORANCE Is NOT STUPIDITY\nIt Is The State Of Being UNAWARE\n\nTha REASON So MANY Americans Are UNAWARE Is Because There Is A CORRUPT MAIN STREAM MEDIA In This Country That Is Being CONTROLLED By The Administration\n(At THIS Point In Time, The Administration Is The BUSH CRIME FAMILY)But The Corruption Did NOT Start With This Administration(It Is PART Of Our HISTORY)\n\n"Knowledge is power. Those who control information can control the masses; it's that simple." \n\nMany Americans Are SLOWLY Becoming ALERTED To This Corruption And Resorting To Getting Their FACTS About WORLD POLITICAL SITUATIONS From ALTERNATIVE News Sources, Which Are Proving To Be MORE RELIABLE To The Public For Answers To Questions They Have About Issues Like\nA:The "ATTACKS" On 9/11\nB:The Situation In Iraq\nC:The Current ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT Crisis In The US\n(Just To Name A Few)\nThe CORRUPT MSM Tends To Sugarcoat Or Whitewash Issues Such As These So The American Public Does Not Get All Bent Out Of Shape And Protest Because The Administration Wants Us All To THINK That Theyre Doing Everything They Can(AMNESTY PROPOSALS)And That Its ALL GOIN OUR WAY,(WERE GONNA SEAL THE BORDER) When In Fact,(Face It Folks)This Great Nation We Live In Is In GRAVE DANGER Of Falling Apart At ANY MOMENT\n\na:MORE NATIONS HATE The US Than At ANY OTHER TIME IN HISTORY\nAnd They ALL Want A Piece Of Us(NOW The Nation Of AZTLAN Has JOINED The RANKS Of NATIONS That Want The US To CRUMBLE)\nb:Our Nations TREASURE CHEST Is Being Tapped At An ALARMING Rate\nc:Our ARMED FORCES Are STRETCHED To The LIMIT And Georgie Wants To Go Fight In IRAN--And WITH Israel Against The Palestinians(Bet None Of You Knew THAT Did You???)\n\nAnd NOW We Have To Face The Possibility Of A CIVIL WAR On Our OWN SOIL (Yea...I Know You ALL Think Im Fulla S*IT)\n\nTheir agenda is not, and never has been to "Have a better life"\n\nSent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 7:35 PM \nSubject: VIDEO: HISPANICS ADMIT THEY ARE ENGAGED IN "CIVIL WAR" WITHIN THE UNITED STATES\nSource: Immigration Watchdog \n\nhttp://www.immigrationwatchdog.com/...\n\nThey openly state they have "The armor, the infantry and the artillery" to wage war here.This video PROVES beyond any doubt, the people marching in our streets under Mexican and other foreign flags, over pending immigration legislation, are engaged in a WAR against our nation.The U.S. Government has failed its duty to protect this land from these invaders; invaders who are openly stating they intend to takeover a portion of this land and carve out their own "Mestizo nation of Aztlan."\n\nClick below to play the video \n\n     http://tinyurl.com/pqzpe \n\nRead The Story-Watch The Video-You Decide\nAnd Make NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT-If I Perceive ANY THREAT To ME Or MINE...I WILL NOT HESITATE To SHOOT\n\nThey want to TAKE our country; they're already saying it's THEIRS Well... All I Got To Say Is That I HOPE You ALL WAKE UP And I Hope You All Wake Up In Time, And If You DO Get The Picture, You Should ALL ALERT You FAMILIES And NEIGHBORS To Stand UP And Think And Act Like US CITIZENS--We have both the RIGHT and the moral MORAL OBLIGATION  to DEFEND AMERICA , and  JUST SAY NO !!!\nIMMIGRATION REFORM And AMNESTY PROPOSALS Are Another Step Toward "The Liberation Of AZTLAN"\n\n"WE THE PEOPLE" MUST STOP THIS NOW\n\n"To announce that there must be No Criticism of  the president, Or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile,but is morally treasonable to the  American public."\n\n             — Theodore Roosevelt \n\nWAKE UP AMERICA-DEFEND YOURSELVES AGAINST TERRORISM\n \nTHIS IS ECONOMIC TERRORISM And Its JUST The BEGINNING\n\nDont Be FOOLED ANYMORE-FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHTS\nDONT TAKE THIS LYING FROM WASHINGTON ANYMORE-WE MUST DEFEND OUR C
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If this story were true, the media would be all over it, and we'd be seeing it on the front page of every paper.\n\nThat we are not indicates pretty strongly that there is little truth to it.
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You raise the big question that is never answered.  The big boys make decisions for us all, based on what and for whom?  We are naively raised to believe that they are serving us, but we all are savvy enough now to realize that the story we were told is not often true at all.  Whether it is Iraq or Afghanistan, Katrina, education, our borders, whatever, we find that there is a huge difference from what we expect  and what actually happens.  We all suspect, for whatever reason, that things are not on the level, and that our interests are being sold down the river.  Some of us think it is minor, some of us think it is treason.  What we get are phony explanations with the truth obscured for generations, all to protect us.  Whether it is JFK's assassination, the 9/11 investigation where the important chapter is not released, the true story of why there was no help for our citizens after Katrina and no insurance for their losses, we find we don't get the true story.  You can bet we will not get it now while we invade countries that have not attacked us, all under the guise of going after the perpetrators of 9/11.  What is Cheney doing talking to the Saudi Prince?  We would all like to know.
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I think the Bush administration has an agenda that the general public would not agree with if they knew the truth. What appears to be incompetance is actually just little bits of the truth that seep out from time to time. They are for big business and big money and anything that helps these two constituents. Its seems to me that every decision they make is in the pursuit of this goal.
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The war in Iraq is going better than most people realize. We do not get the stories of the good things that are happening - just never ending liberal hype on the casualties and bombings. It just came out that Saddam said he got rid of the WMD's but kept it so secret even his own generals thought they still had them, so how the hell was President Bush and the rest of the world supposed to know otherwise? Did you hear about it in the media like when any liberal like Kerry, Clinton, Kennedy, or Dean opened their mouths to proclaim the President a liar? Of course not! It does not fit their agenda! The bottom line is this when it comes to my opinion on the war - we cannot allow these people in the press and capitol hill turn this into another Vietnam, which is exactly what they are trying to do (how many liberals have you heard say "quagmire"?). The saddest thing is that there are too many people that are buying into their anti-America, anti-troop propaganda (it's also my opinion that you cannot support the troops without supporting the war - it's the mission they are fighting for and it sends a bad and demoralizing message when people say we support you but what you're doing is illegal and sucks, right?).
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I can't speak for other American citizens, but here is what I have observed. I am too old to learn anything new, only confirm what I have known, or believed.\n1) our fereral government only knows how to react. Not to prevent.\n2) In our country, out of disaster, rises greed.\n3) Our federal government, state government and local government officials will never do the will of the common people, only the will of the rich people.\n4) Our mislead soldiers, sailors and marines have been duped again, into believing that they are defending freedom. What they are doing is defending an illusion. The illusion that the united states knows what is best for the world. They are spreading a belief. The department of defense should be defending. That is why it is not called the department of offense\n5) I agree that the perps of 9/11 should be brought to justice. Lets find them and bring them to justice already.\nThat would be justified, but that other stuff (Iraq) is based on one thing (refer to statement 3).
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I think a lot of it is the facist regime that we call an administration has people and the media so scared to tell the truth and call a lie a lie that nothing gets reported.\n\nHere is a link to the Vid of Steven Colbert's report.\n\nhttp://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/04/29.html#a8104
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We'll never know the real story right now because:\n\n1) Its Afghanistan and its a very very complicated place.\n2) In war, truth is always hard to find.  (in part because of the chaos of war but also on purpose because controlling information is an important part of military tactics)\n3) Even if our decision makers knew the real truth of what is going on, which is doubtful, they still wouldn't tell us.\n4) There are more than one or two story-lines happening at the same time.\n\nSo if you want a long factual based answer, you're not going to get one no matter who responds to your question.\n\nIf you want opinions, there's lots to go around.\n\nIf you want the truth, go there yourself and keep searching but even there it will be hard to find.\n\nIf you want my opinion, its simply because the Taliban were very very bad people and some of us nice Canadians are willing to risk our necks to help people get out from under their boot prints.
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Any official announcement, release, or utterance of any governmental official made under the direction of the Federal Government should be considered propaganda and should be critically analyzed and taken with a grain of salt.\n\nIt's not just the Bush administration.  The Clinton Administration and all previous administrations stretching back to George Washington's terms.  Government is about exerting control over the people, not about telling the truth, though, at times, the truth is useful in controlling the people.\n\nJust be glad that our government allows us the freedom to write things like I just di.... akk!!
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We are all "brainwashed" from childhood- by parents, kindergarden, school, friends, college, work, and yes,by media.\nWhat do you see/hear/read has been edited to certain level (sometimes to "very far from the truth), but it is your choice to listen to it or shut it down.\nIf some structure will try to brainwash you too strong - you will lose any trust for it and stop using it (example -in Soviet Union was newspaper called "Truth" -  and there was saying that if it is in "truth"- then it must be false).\nPolitcorrectness though is been mastered by media ,however i think that government is not the one to blame.
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It's because people believe the liberal media's antiwar message that they have been putting out since 911 to sway public oppinion against the war.  Add in a dose of several well put together, but poorly researched conspiracy theories and you get a reciepe that makes bleeding hearts and peaceniks think that the US Government is conspiring against them.  \n\nThanks for doing your part in helping to spread the truth.  You are a true American.  \n\nAnd if you have not seen this yet check it out\nhttp://www.iraqitruthproject.com/