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| Are reporters overplaying protests?; What about those "town maul" meetings? | |
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| Topic Started: Aug 18 2009, 04:06 PM (440 Views) | |
| CrisisMan | Aug 18 2009, 04:06 PM Post #1 |
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Even the news media are starting to question whether they are overplaying loud protesters at those local town hall meetings on pending health reform legislation. On several of the news programs over the weekend, reporters were questioning just how many people were actually protesting at these often-hostile sessions around the country. If you watched network or local television, you'd think most of the people at those meetings were shouting down their local congressmen and senators. In fact, several of the reporters said, the actual number of those people shouting and protesting is quite small in comparison to the number of people attending. The reason: it's just a better story than a simple town hall meeting. Are they covering the news, or just what makes a better story? Are they creating news, or just covering it? Question: Is this a clear case where television journalists have exaggerated a situation by overplaying the protests? |
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| MDeary | Aug 19 2009, 04:12 PM Post #2 |
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I'm not sure how many people are actually protesting, but they are certainly getting all the attention. I thought it was important to note that NBC reported that many (if not most) of the claims being made by the protesters are in opposition to things that are not even being proposed by the White House or Congress. However, even though they say there is no truth to many of the claims, NBC was very good at making sure they repeated them, anyway. |
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| kellyM | Aug 24 2009, 03:33 PM Post #3 |
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I was watching Fox News over the weekend and they were critical of other networks being critical of protesters. Fox's stance - as expected - is in support of anyone who is critical of President Obama. |
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| Bart | Aug 25 2009, 02:43 PM Post #4 |
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I recently ran across this video: It turns out the man with an assault riffle was staged by an online radio talk show. The local police department even knew beforehand the guy would be there. You can't overplay it much more than that. |
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