Granted, depictions of war have been alive as long as film and used as propaganda and over romanticized, I think there was a period right after the beginning of the second Iraq War and our foray into Afghanistan that the tone and underpinnings were a little bit different.
Interestingly enough we didn't get a lot of coverage in the Clinton era with respect to Somalia and Bosnia. It was almost like a media blackout outside of Black Hawk Down.
See, I don't remember this vividly, so I can admit to some confirmation bias. As I've said before, it was footage of bodies floating down a river during the Rwandan War that I started having exposure.
Ah yes the Hutu and Tutsi that was another one from the Clinton era. Or as I like to say MTv's political activist era. (was also their best era content wise; not to go off on a tangent from genocide)
Sure they talk about both, but the level to which things are twisted are far different. And personally im speaking more about things like, late shows. Media that tries to be "hip" try to paint the idea that Hilary is the only hope for a decent pres. I don't see much mention of Hilary completley fabricating a story about sniper fire, or the level at which she has flip flopped on issues/laws
Late shows are entertainment. I assumed you were talking about news outlets. Yeah he gets beat up on late night. He's easy to make fun of.
There is no difference between entertainment and news outlets in 2016. There are no lines anymore. Journalism is celebrity, period. If it is on TV or the Internet, no matter which capacity, it is absorbed as reality by a massive gullible audience. Sarcasm and mockery is the most powerful form of propaganda. It has been Obama's playbook for 8 years no different than propagandists Stephen Colbert or Jon Stewart.
Sure they talk about both, but the level to which things are twisted are far different. And personally im speaking more about things like, late shows. Media that tries to be "hip" try to paint the idea that Hilary is the only hope for a decent pres. I don't see much mention of Hilary completley fabricating a story about sniper fire, or the level at which she has flip flopped on issues/laws
Late shows are entertainment. I assumed you were talking about news outlets. Yeah he gets beat up on late night. He's easy to make fun of.
There is no difference between entertainment and news outlets in 2016. There are no lines anymore. Journalism is celebrity, period. If it is on TV or the Internet, no matter which capacity, it is absorbed as reality by a massive gullible audience. Sarcasm and mockery is the most powerful form of propaganda. It has been Obama's playbook for 8 years no different than propagandists Stephen Colbert or Jon Stewart.
Actually, no disagreement other than your confusion between propaganda and satire.
Propaganda and satire are not mutually exclusive, though. I'd say Stewart was more guilty of the former than Colbert, but they managed to blur the lines between the two regularly.
Trump goes out and slams Hillary and gets blamed for inciting riots at his rally.
Hillary goes out and slams trump and doesn't get blamed for inciting riots at trump's rally.
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Maybe because the foul conduct at Trump rallies should be blamed on the people who engage in rioting at these rallies, and it says more about the type of people a candidate attracts? There's a real chicken/egg scenario going on here, though.
Trump goes out and slams Hillary and gets blamed for inciting riots at his rally.
Hillary goes out and slams trump and doesn't get blamed for inciting riots at trump's rally.
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you really can't compare a year of vitriol to the one semi-interesting thing hillary has said in 6 years. i mean, you can, but don't expect anyone to take your point seriously.
Trump goes out and slams Hillary and gets blamed for inciting riots at his rally.
Hillary goes out and slams trump and doesn't get blamed for inciting riots at trump's rally.
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you really can't compare a year of vitriol to the one semi-interesting thing hillary has said in 6 years. i mean, you can, but don't expect anyone to take your point seriously.
I'll just put you in the "really believes the media is neutral" category.
Trump goes out and slams Hillary and gets blamed for inciting riots at his rally.
Hillary goes out and slams trump and doesn't get blamed for inciting riots at trump's rally.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Maybe because the foul conduct at Trump rallies should be blamed on the people who engage in rioting at these rallies, and it says more about the type of people a candidate attracts? There's a real chicken/egg scenario going on here, though.
Rioters aren't attracted to the rallies, they are sent to the rallies Democrats. It's not complicated. If Trump supporters were the problem they would be storming Hillary Clinton rallies and violently attacking her supporters.
Trump goes out and slams Hillary and gets blamed for inciting riots at his rally.
Hillary goes out and slams trump and doesn't get blamed for inciting riots at trump's rally.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Maybe because the foul conduct at Trump rallies should be blamed on the people who engage in rioting at these rallies, and it says more about the type of people a candidate attracts? There's a real chicken/egg scenario going on here, though.
Rioters aren't attracted to the rallies, they are sent to the rallies Democrats. It's not complicated. If Trump supporters were the problem they would be storming Hillary Clinton rallies and violently attacking her supporters.
Which candidate told his supporters that he would pay their legal bills if they got into a fight with protestors?
when donald trumps wife is asleep at night time donald trump always sneaks out of his bed and he quietly goes downstairs and into his garage and he paints his orange skin yellow and he puts on his denim dungarees and his thick grey glasses and he just stares at himself in the mirror for ages and one time his wife came into the garage to ask him what he was doing and he had to hide under a plastic sheet on the ground while his wife looked around the garage for him and a hour later when he managed to sneak back into his bed his wife asked him where he was and why he had yellow on the end of his nose and he said it must be pollen because he had been in the garden for 3 hours sniffing a flower. love from your friend Chris (Simpsons artist) xox
US TV network NBC is cutting ties with Donald Trump over "recent derogatory statements" that the veteran businessman made about immigrants.
NBC said the company would now not be airing the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants that are co-owned by Mr Trump.
Responding to the announcement, Mr Trump said he would consider suing NBC.
Earlier this month, he accused Mexicans of adding drugs and crime to the US as he announced he was seeking the Republican presidential nomination.
"They're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're rapists, and some I assume are good people, but I speak to border guards, and they tell us what we are getting," he said in his speech on 16 June.
He also pledged to build a "great wall" on the US border with Mexico and insisted it would be paid for by Mexicans.
He later insisted he was criticising US lawmakers, not Mexican people.
