[antimedia] antimedia: It really is....

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Posted by antimedia:
It really is....
http://www.antimedia.us/posts/1178768355.shtml


   ....a [1]matter of perspective, isn't it?

     War torn Iraq has about 26 million residents, a peaceful California
     perhaps now 35 million. The former is a violent and impoverished
     landscape, the latter said to be paradise on Earth. But how you
     envision either place to some degree depends on the eye of the
     beholder and is predicated on what the daily media appear to make
     of each.
     As a fifth generation Californian, I deeply love this state, but
     still imagine what the reaction would be if the world awoke each
     morning to be told that once again there were six more murders, 27
     rapes, 38 arsons, 180 robberies, and 360 instances of assault in
     California yesterday, today, tomorrow, and every day. I wonder if
     the headlines would scream about "Nearly 200 poor Californians
     butchered again this month!"
     How about a monthly media dose of "600 women raped in February
     alone!" Or try, "Over 600 violent robberies and assaults in March,
     with no end in sight!" Those do not even make up all of the state's
     yearly 200,000 violent acts that law enforcement knows about.

   Doesn't really need any comment, does it?
   Tags: [2]media [3]Iraq [4]bias

References

   1. http://www.soldiersperspective.us/2007/05/08/eye-of-the-beholder/
   2. http://technorati.com/tag/media
   3. http://technorati.com/tag/Iraq
   4. http://technorati.com/tag/bias