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I'M BAAACK! After a looong break from Whyville, I have decided to come back for a while. So much has changed! But that's a little off-topic for now.
As you definitely know, the U.S. is at war with Iraq. Right now, President Bush is
making decisions about whether to continue, how to execute the war, etc. He knows
that the world is watching and based on his decisions, making judgments about
America.
Most of the world is learning about the developments in the war by watching TV.
And I've noticed that each TV channel takes a certain position on the war and
tries to influence it's viewers. The best example of this would be MTV. MTV is,
very obviously, anti-war. Recently, MTV aired a commercial with a pastor from
the Methodist church saying how he is ashamed that Bush is a Methodist. The
pastor on the commercial says that no Methodist would ever go forward with this
war. MTV has also taken steps to show America the more disgusting aspects of
war, like the poverty-stricken Iraqis. MTV influences many teens and kids, which
are its main viewing age groups. MTV is telling us to be anti-war.
The mainstream news channels are mainly viewed by adults. The news channels
aren't so obvious, but most are pro-war. I've been watching CNN for a while now,
almost every day for some amount of time, and I have never seen anything
positive about an anti-war protest. The coverage is always about how many people
got arrested and how all the protestors were just troublemakers. The news
channels are always very supportive of the president and the troops, which is
good right now, I guess. They need as much support as they can get!
No doubt, Iraqi TV is having an influence on its citizens. I think they only
get Arab networks over there right now, but I'm not sure. I've heard that one of
the networks they get over there, Al-Jazeera, is pro-Iraq (duh) and is showing
Saddam in interviews as honorable. Al-Jazeera is showing the bombings and the
real damage on the ground, while American TV is only showing the bombings from the air.
American television is showing the war from the air, making it seem as if
there are no casualties. Al-Jazeera reportedly showed dead people with their heads
blown off. Definitely not something an American network would show! Why?
TV not only informs, it persuades.
Anyway, now that I think I've proved THAT point, I decided to ask some friends what they think about the war. I'll only include one conversation here, with my friends, NewAngel and 3shamrock.
SamGirl21: What do you guys think of the war?
NewAngel: Are you kidding me? I've been telling you for days now, the war's a
joke.
3shamrock: Yeah, this war has no point.
SamGirl21: I actually think it's the ONLY way of kidding rid of Saddam.
3shamrock: He has tons of followers, though! How are you gonna get rid of all of
them?
SamGirl21: It's worth a shot....
3shamrock: Maybe, but this war is killing many innocent people. All in a lame
effort to get a guy that's never gonna be found, just like Osama.
SamGirl21: They might....
NewAngel: Yeah, well, it isn't going to happen.
SamGirl21: Umm... but we need to give support to the troops.
3shamrock: You're right. But I can support the troops without supporting the
war. Simple as that!
I am definitely outnumbered on this one! Well, whatever your opinion, share it
with us!
Signing off, but not for too long...
SamGirl21
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