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Originally Posted by bretonbanquet
It's important to realise that your average man-in-the-street in Iraq, Syria, Iran etc is even less well-informed than over there in the US. What they are told through their "media" may or may not bear some remote resemblance to what actually goes on in the world. Seeing people rejoicing in the street over 9/11 was hard to take, but we can only vaguely assume that they were told the true details. I also recall seeing people over there weeping when they saw the actual images on the TV. News is spread in different ways over there and is slanted so radically sometimes you wouldn't believe.
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That's very true. I know how hard it is here to see actual news. I'm not making a conservative slam there either....it's more of a pop culture thing I guess. Whatever grabs the ratings. I like to watch FSTV and Link TV. They show actual (dubbed) European and Middle Eastern broadcasts. Democracy Now is interesting too. At least we have options, anyway, if we want. It sounds like those citizens can't realize any news than what is fed to them.
Kelly
