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RE: How much of the News is made up? - May 8 2008 10:31:42
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Dr Zoidberg
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A lot of the time the press will turn ordinary events into shocking stories to sell papers etc
This really hits home when you have a little existing knowledge on an issue , then , when you read about it it the paper , the reported version bares little resembalance to the events you KNOW to be true - once this has happened it give you a scope of how sensationalised the "news" really is , and you find you apply a healthy dose of sceptism to whatever you hear from then on !
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RE: How much of the News is made up? - May 8 2008 10:38:52
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A lot of the time the press will turn ordinary events into shocking stories to sell papers etc
This really hits home when you have a little existing knowledge on an issue , then , when you read about it it the paper , the reported version bares little resembalance to the events you KNOW to be true - once this has happened it give you a scope of how sensationalised the "news" really is , and you find you apply a healthy dose of sceptism to whatever you hear from then on !
Like the Gareth Gates creatine steroid shakes LOL
I hardly watch the news or read the papers, very rarely IMO will get the full story. They are out to make money, and IMO sometimes pursuade peoples opinions on matters! Powerful tool - alot of people believe 110% what they read and watch
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RE: How much of the News is made up? - May 8 2008 12:02:06
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I wouldn't say made up, just overly exaggerated and slightly miss leading.
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RE: How much of the News is made up? - May 8 2008 12:06:52
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one word
propaganda
some examples of things that fall into this category (off the top of my head)
iraq having nucleur weapons
bird flu
mad cow disease
i was genuinley in fear of dying from the above, particularly bird flu and alas noithing happened
good news doesnt sell papers
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RE: How much of the News is made up? - May 8 2008 12:09:46
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isn't that guy Robert Murat who was suspected in the Madeline Mcann thing suing 11 different papers for libel?
one thing I notice they do now is report a real shock story then qualify it with "if true this will be devestating for xxxxxxx" which isn't fair really
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RE: How much of the News is made up? - May 8 2008 12:09:46
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They also hang on to some things ( normally sex related stuff )just in case there`s a slow week, the Paul Jewell one being a typical example.
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RE: How much of the News is made up? - May 8 2008 14:44:10
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A lot of it is exaggerated to the extent it's made up. It disgusts me TBH
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RE: How much of the News is made up? - May 8 2008 14:47:39
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if the government is trying to propose new ways to tax you look at the media for hyped stories...
carbon footprint is a good one right now
same with laws, what better way to impose new terror laws than to come out with stuff like 'we dont know who by, we dont know when, we dont know where...but something awful is about to happen'
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RE: How much of the News is made up? - May 8 2008 19:16:00
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Disgustingly made up, especially when there's real news happening out there. When you've been near to a story and then you read the papers, sometimes you wonder if they're talking about the same issues at all. Reporters have no incentive to get facts, and no incentive to report anything useful, just whatever they can make sound shocking 
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RE: How much of the News is made up? - May 8 2008 19:31:25
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phew...thought it might have been just been me seeing this, in a Victor Meldrew shouting at the TV kinda way!
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RE: How much of the News is made up? - May 8 2008 19:51:49
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i read somewhere that 14% of all news stories are made up
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RE: How much of the News is made up? - May 8 2008 23:43:56
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i read somewhere that 14% of all news stories are made up
For Daily Sport readers,make that 100%. 
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RE: How much of the News is made up? - May 8 2008 23:55:16
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