The following link shows the adulteration of our current prime ministers press conferences. While it may seem innocuous to some, I remind those who view it that the tampering was performed by those who are apart of the CBC, which is a crown corporation (publicly funded) and the major supplier of news within Canada. Stephen Harper taken out of context - YouTube.
I guess the point is that media skewing is not isolated to FOX News.
I just want to know if the Arab woman who decries “the burning of children… from both sides” will be moving back to Afghanistan once we pull out and let the Talibans take power and transform the place in a peaceful equalitarian paradise.
As for the piece itself, it is pretty transparent spin. Although the comparison with Fox is not quite accurate, since Fox is relentlessly pro-Republican. This piece is pro-Arab and little else.
[quote]pookie wrote:
I just want to know if the Arab woman who decries “the burning of children… from both sides” will be moving back to Afghanistan once we pull out and let the Talibans take power and transform the place in a peaceful equalitarian paradise.
As for the piece itself, it is pretty transparent spin. Although the comparison with Fox is not quite accurate, since Fox is relentlessly pro-Republican. This piece is pro-Arab and little else.[/quote]
The comparison with fox news was hyperbole to highlight partisan media bias. Certainly it isn’t as blatant as fox news, or the Toronto Star for that matter, however the pro-arab misrepresentation of this piece implicitly puts forward the agenda of the liberal party, for they were the first and loudest decriers of PM Harpers stance upon the Israeli mobilization against Hezbollah and also house the MP that suggested Israeli leaders be charged with war crimes. Furthermore it is naive to suggest that portraying the PM in such a callous manner had no political motive. Also shouldn’t we expect objectivity or at the very least impartiality from a state-funded broadcasting company and the most pervasive supplier of news within Canada?
[quote]J.Boogie wrote:
The comparison with fox news was hyperbole to highlight partisan media bias. Certainly it isn’t as blatant as fox news, or the Toronto Star for that matter, however the pro-arab misrepresentation of this piece implicitly puts forward the agenda of the liberal party,[/quote]
The Liberals were the one in power when Canada joined the Afghanistan effort.
I think the piece might simply show the pro-arab (or anti-Israel) bias of one or very few journalist and that it managed to evade editorial corrections.
On youtube, the next link was the CBC expressing “regret” over the piece ( http://youtube.com/watch?v=apctTk7ovWs ), something I’ve never seen or heard being done by Fox News.
My view is that generally the CBC is more impartial than that. I think it’s inevitable for any news organization to eventually put out a piece that reflects too much of a journalist’s bias. When they make it into their bread-and-butter, like Fox, I’ll start worrying.