Post by rbobatar on Feb 26, 2007 14:09:54 GMT -8
IT SHOULD BE OBVIOUS TO ALL THAT ALL AMERICAN BROADCAST NEWS ARE PROPAGANDA. THEY ARE TAILORED FOR THE STUPID, SMALL MINDED, AND THOSE OBSESSED WITH TRIVIALTIES AND NOT WITH REALITY. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SOURCES, EVEN THE MUCH CRITICIZED BY THESE SAME AMERICAN PROPAGANDA SOURCES RBOB IS TALKING ABOUT, AL-JAZEERA, CAN CLAIM TO DO ACTUAL JOURNALISM.
BEHOLD A COMPARISON OF THE VARIOUS NEWS SOURCES
NOW IF WE WERE TO COUNT THE STORIES ON EACH NEWS PROVIDERS FRONT PAGE AND FAIRLY COUNT THEN THE NUMBER THAT EQUATES AS ACUTAL "NEWS" OR JOURNALISM, AS COMPARED TO THE TRIVIAL HUMAN INTEREST STORIES OR STUDIES THAT SHOW MCDONALDS BURGERS HAVE X-AMOUNT OF FAT IN THEM. KEEP IN MIND ALL OF THESE PAGES WERE SCREEN SHOT AT THE SAME TIME WHEN THE SAME NEWS STORIES WERE BREAKING.
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AL-JAZEERA THE ENTIRE FRONT PAGE HAS 25 STORIES, 5 FEATURES AND 4 ADS.
A LIST OF THOSE NOT SHOWN AS PART OF THE 4 MAIN FRONT PAGE STORIES
AFRICA
Wade claims Senegal election win
Abducted Italians freed in Nigeria
AMERICAS
Bolivian city cut off by flooding
Farrakhan blames religions for war
CENTRAL/S. ASIA
Cheney arrives in Afghanistan
Three killed in Bangladesh blaze
ASIA-PACIFIC
Fresh demands for early Fiji polls
China battles rising house prices
EUROPE
Jordanian loses deportation appeal
Turkish court jails Kurdish leaders
MIDDLE EAST
Al-Sadr slams Baghdad security plan
Egyptian cleric claims CIA torture
OF THESE STORIES, ALL QUALIFY AS ACTUAL JOURNALISM EXCEPT PERHAPS MARTIN SCORCESE'S OSCAR WIN WHICH IS RELEGATED TO A SIDEBAR.
THE THREE FEATURES ARE DEALING WITH PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNALISM OF WAR PROTESTS IN LONDON, THE ACADEMY AWARDS, AND THE QATAR OPEN, PRESUMABLY OF TENNIS.
THE FOUR ADS ARE ALL ADVERTISING AL-JAZEERA PROGRAMS AND BOOKS. THEY ARE NOT UNRELATED TO THE SUBJECT MATTER.
SUMMING UP AL-JAZEERA, OF 28 STORIES, ALL ARE ACTUAL JOURNALISM EXCEPT PERHAPS THE OSCARS ALTHOUGH THAT EVENTS CONSIDERABLE IMPORTANCE SHOULD MAKE IT AN EXCEPTION. SHOULD BE AN EXCEPTION. THE FEATURES DEAL WITH ACTUAL EVENTS INVOLVING PEOPLE, NOT CELEBRITIES AND LATITUDE FOR THE SPORTS STORY SHOULD BE GIVEN, SINCE IT IS ONLY ONE STORY.
AL-JAZEERA FOCUSES ON EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE WORLD AND GIVES MEANINGFUL ANALYSIS. WHETHER THE ACCUSATIONS FROM ITS AMERICAN COUNTERPARTS THAT THE NEWS IS BIASED IS ANOTHER MATTER. THEREFORE AL-JAZEERA, ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ITS CONTENT THAT IS ACTUALLY JOURNALISTIC AND JOURNALISM RELATED RECEIVES 10/10.
NOW FOR THE DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE NEWS SOURCE, IDEOLOGICALLY AND FOCUSWISE.
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OF THE MAIN FEATURE STORIES YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN SHOT
OBVIOUSLY CRITICISM OF THE IRANIAN PRESIDENT COUNTS AS NEWS.
THE JESUS TOMB IS ALSO NEWS. HOWEVER IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THE ANGLE THEY TAKE ON THE STORY, POINTING OUT HOW CRITICS DECRY IT EVEN THOUGH IT HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED YET. INDEED IF YOU WERE TO READ A SIMILAR STORY ON BBC NEWS, YOU WOULD LEARN THAT MOST OF THE EVIDENCE FROM THE FILM HAS YET TO BE RELEASED AND THAT JUDGEMENT SHOULD BE SUSPENDED TILL THEN. FOX NEWS ON THE OTHER HAND HAS RIGHT BESIDE THE TITLE
• SPEAKOUT! What Do You Think of the So-Called Find?
IT IS INTERESTING HOW PREMATURE IT IS TO CALL IT "SO CALLED". ACUTALLY READING THE STORY GIVES A VERY DIFFERENT PICTURE THAN MOST OTHER NEWS SOURCES. ANYWAY THIS IS NOT THE FOCUS OF THIS STUDY.
SO, OF THE MATERIAL YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREENSHOT: 4/8 STORIES SHOULD ACTUALLY QUALIFY AS NEWS. THE STATE STATUTE LAWS MADNESS PART, WHICH TAKES UP EQUIVALENT SPACE TO THE TOP STORY, CAN ACTUALLY BE DEFINED AS TRIVIA.
THERE ARE 3 ADS, ONE IS A GENERIC BANNER THAT HAS TO DO WITH IQ TESTS WHICH ARE VERY POPULAR ADS ON WEBSITES FREQUENTED BY THOSE WITH VERY LOW IQS AND HAS NO BEARING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER. ANOTHER IS A POPUP FOR A CAR COMMERCIAL, AND A THIRD IS AN ONLINE UNIVERSITY, "I WANT A BACHELORS DEGREE IN:". THESE THREE ADS ARE NOT JOURNALISM.
FURTHER ADS CONTINUE DOWN THE PAGE, AND THERE ARE TWO ADS INTERSECTING EACH NEWS STORY WHICH YOU HAVE TO SCAN OVER IN ORDER TO READ THE NEWS STORY.
FOR THE FURTHER HEADLINE STORIES IF YOU SCROLL DOWNT HE PAGE, HERE ARE THE RESULTS.
* Judge Boots CIA Leak Trial Juror | VIDEO
* Cops: Fla. Kidnap Suspect May Flee to Mexico
Buy a 41-Cent Stamp; It Could Last Forever
JetBlue Flights Nixed; Passenger Bill Tested
* Storm Slows East Coast Travel | PHOTOS
Lutheran Pastor's Sexy Sermons Draw Fire
* Cheney to Pakistan: Al Qaeda 'Regrouping'
Vietnam Hero on Film Gets Medal of Honor
* Iraqi Pres. in Hospital | Attack Injures Iraqi VP
Anna Nicole Battle Moves to the Bahamas
Network TV in Judge Larry's Future?
Bobby Brown Arrested at Cheering Contest
* Volkswagen Recalls 790,000 Cars
* Engineers Dropping Giant Balls Into Volcano
* Brutal WWII Memories of POW Vivisections
VIDEO: Squirrel Attacks Girl, 4, Over Chips
OF THE 16 STORIES, THE STARRED ONES CAN BE CONSIDERED ACTUAL NEWS WORTHY OF A JOURNALISTS ATTENTION. THEREFORE 8/16. NOT AS BAD AS RBOB EXPECTED. QUESTIONABLE ARE THE FLORIDA KIDNAP WHICH RBOB INCLUDED AND THE VIETNAM HERO WHICH RBOB DID NOT.
THESE STORIES ARE MEANT TO SATISFY DULL MINDS AND THOSE OF MINIMAL INTELLIGENCE WITH EXTREMELY POOR TO NONEXISTANT ANALYSIS WHILE THOSE ON AL-JAZEERA ARE INTENDED TO INFORM AND EDUCATE, REGARDLESS OF THEIR POSITION. FOX NEWS RECEIVES 6/10. WHICH IS FAR BETTER THAN RBOB EXPECTED AND PERHAPS A BIT TOO GENEROUS.
IT SHOULD BECOME PAINFULLY APPARENT FROM THIS THAT AMERICAN NEWS SOURCES ARE NOT INTERESTED IN JOURNALISM. THEY ARE INTERESTED IN MONEY AND RATINGS. AL-JAZEERA, ALTHOUGH OFTEN ACCUSED OF CONSIDERABLE BIAS (ALTHOUGH INCLUDING NO SIGNS OF ANY ON THEIR FRONT PAGE , WHILE ON FOX NEWS IT IS VERY APPARENT) APPEARS TO HAVE MUCH GREATER JOURNALISTIC INTENT. ONE MAY SAY THAT RBOB SELECTED THE TWO MOST EXTREME NEWS SOURCES AVAILABLE FROM EACH END OF THE SPECTRUM BUT ANALYSIS OF OTHER MORE MAINSTREAM NEWS SOURCES WAS NOT FEASIBLE DUE TO SPACE CONSIDERATIONS. HOWEVER ITY SHOULD BE KNOWN THAT CNN SCORES LOWER IN RBOBS OPINION THAN FOX DID, SURPRISINGLY. RBOB CAN INCLUDE ANALYSIS OF THOSE LATER.
AMERICAN NEWS SOURCES, ALL OF THEM, ARE BIASED, CORPORATE ORIENTED AND INTENDED ONLY TO KEEP THE AMERICAN MASSES DULL MINDED AND IGNORANT OF THEIR ROLE IN THE WORLD. IT IS INTERESTING THAT BBC NEWS HAS MORE COVERAGE AND ANALYSIS OF IRAQ THAN THE NEWS FROM THE COUNTRY THAT IS LOSING THE MOST TROOPS THERE AND PLAYING EXPONENTIALLY THE LARGEST ROLE.
BEHOLD A COMPARISON OF THE VARIOUS NEWS SOURCES
NOW IF WE WERE TO COUNT THE STORIES ON EACH NEWS PROVIDERS FRONT PAGE AND FAIRLY COUNT THEN THE NUMBER THAT EQUATES AS ACUTAL "NEWS" OR JOURNALISM, AS COMPARED TO THE TRIVIAL HUMAN INTEREST STORIES OR STUDIES THAT SHOW MCDONALDS BURGERS HAVE X-AMOUNT OF FAT IN THEM. KEEP IN MIND ALL OF THESE PAGES WERE SCREEN SHOT AT THE SAME TIME WHEN THE SAME NEWS STORIES WERE BREAKING.
img108.imageshack.us/my.php?image=aljazeeraza4.gif[/img]
AL-JAZEERA THE ENTIRE FRONT PAGE HAS 25 STORIES, 5 FEATURES AND 4 ADS.
A LIST OF THOSE NOT SHOWN AS PART OF THE 4 MAIN FRONT PAGE STORIES
AFRICA
Wade claims Senegal election win
Abducted Italians freed in Nigeria
AMERICAS
Bolivian city cut off by flooding
Farrakhan blames religions for war
CENTRAL/S. ASIA
Cheney arrives in Afghanistan
Three killed in Bangladesh blaze
ASIA-PACIFIC
Fresh demands for early Fiji polls
China battles rising house prices
EUROPE
Jordanian loses deportation appeal
Turkish court jails Kurdish leaders
MIDDLE EAST
Al-Sadr slams Baghdad security plan
Egyptian cleric claims CIA torture
OF THESE STORIES, ALL QUALIFY AS ACTUAL JOURNALISM EXCEPT PERHAPS MARTIN SCORCESE'S OSCAR WIN WHICH IS RELEGATED TO A SIDEBAR.
THE THREE FEATURES ARE DEALING WITH PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNALISM OF WAR PROTESTS IN LONDON, THE ACADEMY AWARDS, AND THE QATAR OPEN, PRESUMABLY OF TENNIS.
THE FOUR ADS ARE ALL ADVERTISING AL-JAZEERA PROGRAMS AND BOOKS. THEY ARE NOT UNRELATED TO THE SUBJECT MATTER.
SUMMING UP AL-JAZEERA, OF 28 STORIES, ALL ARE ACTUAL JOURNALISM EXCEPT PERHAPS THE OSCARS ALTHOUGH THAT EVENTS CONSIDERABLE IMPORTANCE SHOULD MAKE IT AN EXCEPTION. SHOULD BE AN EXCEPTION. THE FEATURES DEAL WITH ACTUAL EVENTS INVOLVING PEOPLE, NOT CELEBRITIES AND LATITUDE FOR THE SPORTS STORY SHOULD BE GIVEN, SINCE IT IS ONLY ONE STORY.
AL-JAZEERA FOCUSES ON EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE WORLD AND GIVES MEANINGFUL ANALYSIS. WHETHER THE ACCUSATIONS FROM ITS AMERICAN COUNTERPARTS THAT THE NEWS IS BIASED IS ANOTHER MATTER. THEREFORE AL-JAZEERA, ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ITS CONTENT THAT IS ACTUALLY JOURNALISTIC AND JOURNALISM RELATED RECEIVES 10/10.
NOW FOR THE DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE NEWS SOURCE, IDEOLOGICALLY AND FOCUSWISE.
img171.imageshack.us/my.php?image=foxnewseq0.gif
[/img]
OF THE MAIN FEATURE STORIES YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN SHOT
OBVIOUSLY CRITICISM OF THE IRANIAN PRESIDENT COUNTS AS NEWS.
THE JESUS TOMB IS ALSO NEWS. HOWEVER IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THE ANGLE THEY TAKE ON THE STORY, POINTING OUT HOW CRITICS DECRY IT EVEN THOUGH IT HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED YET. INDEED IF YOU WERE TO READ A SIMILAR STORY ON BBC NEWS, YOU WOULD LEARN THAT MOST OF THE EVIDENCE FROM THE FILM HAS YET TO BE RELEASED AND THAT JUDGEMENT SHOULD BE SUSPENDED TILL THEN. FOX NEWS ON THE OTHER HAND HAS RIGHT BESIDE THE TITLE
• SPEAKOUT! What Do You Think of the So-Called Find?
IT IS INTERESTING HOW PREMATURE IT IS TO CALL IT "SO CALLED". ACUTALLY READING THE STORY GIVES A VERY DIFFERENT PICTURE THAN MOST OTHER NEWS SOURCES. ANYWAY THIS IS NOT THE FOCUS OF THIS STUDY.
SO, OF THE MATERIAL YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREENSHOT: 4/8 STORIES SHOULD ACTUALLY QUALIFY AS NEWS. THE STATE STATUTE LAWS MADNESS PART, WHICH TAKES UP EQUIVALENT SPACE TO THE TOP STORY, CAN ACTUALLY BE DEFINED AS TRIVIA.
THERE ARE 3 ADS, ONE IS A GENERIC BANNER THAT HAS TO DO WITH IQ TESTS WHICH ARE VERY POPULAR ADS ON WEBSITES FREQUENTED BY THOSE WITH VERY LOW IQS AND HAS NO BEARING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER. ANOTHER IS A POPUP FOR A CAR COMMERCIAL, AND A THIRD IS AN ONLINE UNIVERSITY, "I WANT A BACHELORS DEGREE IN:". THESE THREE ADS ARE NOT JOURNALISM.
FURTHER ADS CONTINUE DOWN THE PAGE, AND THERE ARE TWO ADS INTERSECTING EACH NEWS STORY WHICH YOU HAVE TO SCAN OVER IN ORDER TO READ THE NEWS STORY.
FOR THE FURTHER HEADLINE STORIES IF YOU SCROLL DOWNT HE PAGE, HERE ARE THE RESULTS.
* Judge Boots CIA Leak Trial Juror | VIDEO
* Cops: Fla. Kidnap Suspect May Flee to Mexico
Buy a 41-Cent Stamp; It Could Last Forever
JetBlue Flights Nixed; Passenger Bill Tested
* Storm Slows East Coast Travel | PHOTOS
Lutheran Pastor's Sexy Sermons Draw Fire
* Cheney to Pakistan: Al Qaeda 'Regrouping'
Vietnam Hero on Film Gets Medal of Honor
* Iraqi Pres. in Hospital | Attack Injures Iraqi VP
Anna Nicole Battle Moves to the Bahamas
Network TV in Judge Larry's Future?
Bobby Brown Arrested at Cheering Contest
* Volkswagen Recalls 790,000 Cars
* Engineers Dropping Giant Balls Into Volcano
* Brutal WWII Memories of POW Vivisections
VIDEO: Squirrel Attacks Girl, 4, Over Chips
OF THE 16 STORIES, THE STARRED ONES CAN BE CONSIDERED ACTUAL NEWS WORTHY OF A JOURNALISTS ATTENTION. THEREFORE 8/16. NOT AS BAD AS RBOB EXPECTED. QUESTIONABLE ARE THE FLORIDA KIDNAP WHICH RBOB INCLUDED AND THE VIETNAM HERO WHICH RBOB DID NOT.
THESE STORIES ARE MEANT TO SATISFY DULL MINDS AND THOSE OF MINIMAL INTELLIGENCE WITH EXTREMELY POOR TO NONEXISTANT ANALYSIS WHILE THOSE ON AL-JAZEERA ARE INTENDED TO INFORM AND EDUCATE, REGARDLESS OF THEIR POSITION. FOX NEWS RECEIVES 6/10. WHICH IS FAR BETTER THAN RBOB EXPECTED AND PERHAPS A BIT TOO GENEROUS.
IT SHOULD BECOME PAINFULLY APPARENT FROM THIS THAT AMERICAN NEWS SOURCES ARE NOT INTERESTED IN JOURNALISM. THEY ARE INTERESTED IN MONEY AND RATINGS. AL-JAZEERA, ALTHOUGH OFTEN ACCUSED OF CONSIDERABLE BIAS (ALTHOUGH INCLUDING NO SIGNS OF ANY ON THEIR FRONT PAGE , WHILE ON FOX NEWS IT IS VERY APPARENT) APPEARS TO HAVE MUCH GREATER JOURNALISTIC INTENT. ONE MAY SAY THAT RBOB SELECTED THE TWO MOST EXTREME NEWS SOURCES AVAILABLE FROM EACH END OF THE SPECTRUM BUT ANALYSIS OF OTHER MORE MAINSTREAM NEWS SOURCES WAS NOT FEASIBLE DUE TO SPACE CONSIDERATIONS. HOWEVER ITY SHOULD BE KNOWN THAT CNN SCORES LOWER IN RBOBS OPINION THAN FOX DID, SURPRISINGLY. RBOB CAN INCLUDE ANALYSIS OF THOSE LATER.
AMERICAN NEWS SOURCES, ALL OF THEM, ARE BIASED, CORPORATE ORIENTED AND INTENDED ONLY TO KEEP THE AMERICAN MASSES DULL MINDED AND IGNORANT OF THEIR ROLE IN THE WORLD. IT IS INTERESTING THAT BBC NEWS HAS MORE COVERAGE AND ANALYSIS OF IRAQ THAN THE NEWS FROM THE COUNTRY THAT IS LOSING THE MOST TROOPS THERE AND PLAYING EXPONENTIALLY THE LARGEST ROLE.