Do you think the media makes out drinking alcohol much more spectacular than it really is or should be?
960483
Yes.  Perhaps they should be realistic, and show the violence and ugliness that can occur if not done responsibly.  Also, they should forewarn people that some people are genetically predisposed to alcoholism, and therefore are incapable of drinking "responsibly"
613957
Repeat after me: The media is about sales, the media is about sales...they are not interested in reporting truth as much as reporting something that will sell papers or ad space/time.  Pictures of Africa showing success will not be as interesting as showing tragedy....it is unfortunate but true.
1162190
yes! the prize you get is nowhere near how good the feeling is when it surprises you!\nno i'm not drinking.
696182
its all so fake.  take it for the entertainment value\nb
228318
yes and i think it is very powerful.  we are a very media driven society and feed off every little word-true or false.  wether it is all believed or not is  different story but it only takes one person
542526
This is the second time I posted this answer.\n\nThere's nothing really spectacular or journalistic about it, that's why, and media, may it be in the west or middle east cannot earn and would close down in no time if they would show things like that. \n\nWhat you have featured here are nothing new and it is too ordinary for media to give inportance to. In short those are not news materials, those are just simple pictures that may or may not entice people to see. That's why the word news came from the word "NEW" because people would only put interest on new things that happens around them. So, terrorism is news because it's new to a lot of people and it attracts attention and that's what terrorist wants. This way they increase TV viewing increasing their income by increasing the chances of getting good sponsors. There is nothing personal to it, really. So, don't point to the media the problems of Islam. Stop pointing your accusing fingers or else you will only see the mistakes of others and not yours. \n\nIn order for correction or change to take place, there should be acceptance of mistake first because how can you correct your own mistake if you don't see your own mistakes but instead see the mistakes of others. It's like barking on the wrong tree.\n\nMedia only report what they see. I don't believe that there are intentions of twisting the truth because what they report are only what is available to them and they don't have the whole world on their shoulders. If media twists the truth, who will really suffer in the end? We know it's not the sponsors or their viewers but them. Because the truth is that, in the free world, when their credibility suffers, their future follows.  \n\nSo, it nothing new really, I hope you got the picture so that you'll stop wondering anymore. By the way I am not a journalist, I am just an ordinary person who has an open mind who checks on my own fault first before looking at others.
505325
On TV it is rubbish.\n\nLive it is absolutely amazing!!!
553154
yup felt different, more passionate. than again everything does when you are drunk. But hey I admit it, it wasn't only the liquor that made me do it, I was curious..now I'm bi.
152128
Of course not. All individuals are different. I've seen some Satan worshippers behave in a more Christian manner than do some "Christians" I know!\n\nI'll take a drunken Muslim over a sober "Christian" who spends his time, say, raping children, any day!\n\nAnd this "Biblical" alcohol prohibition is just plain silly. Wine was (and still is) a major part of the culture in Jesus' neighborhood and epoch. Drunkenness might be a sin in some cases, but alcohol isn't. (An inanimate object CAN'T sin) I doubt seriously  that Jesus, even though He has a great sense of humor, would use His first public miracle as a means to tempt the entire population of Cana into eternal damnation.\n\nPeople were so finicky and stubborn back then that if the wedding host served Kool Aid instead of wine, the party would have ended in fifteen minutes...before Jesus and His Mom even arrived.\n\nGod made man to be rational and sensible beings. He expects us to use His gift!\n\nAll that said, I agree that generally the world could probably do without alcohol, but there’s lots of other things that we could do without too, such as candy. Both can be "bad" when used to excess. (For that matter, so can water!)
301768
It depends how you drink it! I think as a woman, we can make it very sexy, or you make it very manly looking. I wouldn't say its easy to make it look ladylike drinking from a pint glass, but who wants to look lady like anymore? Thats for the 1950s! Lets look damn sexy when we drink out of that pint glass! Cheers!
480366
In my personal opinion, yes, it should be. I don't indulge in a personal "high", however, I don't think that it is any worse than drinking a 12 pack of beer...which is "legal"...at least if someone is "high" they normally find a way home!
1005055
not really, people like to make up stories and gossip.\n\nOn the other hand it could be true
10117
Because we are not taught from a young age to respect alchohol. If we treated it more like Europeans it would not be considered taboo. Thats why so many teenagers have to drink till they get sick and act like twits. Also those stupid ass ads that connect drinking beer with being sexy. You aint sexy when you get drunk. \n\nBackwards is alcohol thinking in America.
408282
yes, and the people will be more genuine. The people you meet will be much better than the people you meet at a bar.
88389
Teenage Drinking has been a problem since the begining of the production of alcholic beverages.\n\nIt is considered a rite of passage to consume alcohol. Our social mores consider "drinking" a rite of passage.  Peer pressure, media, and the acceptance sitgma that it's OK to Drink are all around us.\n\nThe problem will only be solved with Education, and a society that frounds upon the problem. A control over the Media and advertisment will also be needed.  Much Like the ban on smoking, a campaign is needed to reach this eventual goal.  Smoking negative media, and the ban on certain advertisement had reduced some of the smoking is cool attitude.  The same needs to be applied to the alcohol industry.  Or are all the cool Ads from the Superbowl, budweiser etc, continue to influence our social attitudes toward drinking in general?
116798
If the selling can be controlled in such a way that it will be consumed only as a beverage, then I guess that it is ok. But if the church groups don't care whether it will make one drunk or not, then I think that selling should not be done...They might become instruments to make one drunk. I once read a passage in the bible (but I forgot the verse now) that drunkards won't be saved. If Jesus cares for even one soul (from his parable of the sheep), then so with us.
771379
I honestly doubt it, I would have to say it is more of a PR stunt. Only time can tell