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Things like 9/11 were easily played over and over again, and generated support for the afghan war in the first place. In NZ when the terrorists broadcasted the

by bb88 5y ago

Things like 9/11 were easily played over and over again, and generated support for the afghan war in the first place. In NZ when the terrorists broadcasted the Christchurch mosque shootings on facebook, NZ took action swiftly -- banning most semiautomatic weapons. When BLM protests showed cops shooting, tasing, and running over people with patrol cars -- those images were more compelling than any story that could have been written. OTOH, Last year one nursing home in NJ had stacked up 17 bodies during a in a shed during a covid outbreak -- yet none of the gruesomeness was aired. I have not recalled seeing any videos of people falling dead due to a mass shooting in the US, other than maybe blurred out video. I'm not saying we should or should not see more graphic images, but it seems like self-censorship of the aftermath of violence or tragedy has unintended consequences.

dillondoyle 5y ago
I completely agree with that. because of HIPAA there hasn't been nearly enough media. There is more now I think a concerted effort to get testimonials of people in hospital their family dead saying they wish they got the vaccine. But it's too late. I think if we had Vietnam style video of death from the start we wouldn't have as large of a % living in alternate realities.
asdff 5y ago
It certainly does. Vietnam was the first war with embedded journalists showing the american people live footage of real combat. It was often gruesome. It lead to people protesting in the streets, burning draft cards, fleeing to Canada, and most of all made the Vietnam war into a political quagmire and put pressure on ending it. That sort of coverage of a conflict has noticeably never happened again. Anytime you see footage these days on the news it feels like B rolls or some stock footage of a couple solders walking around the desert or a truck driving along or some far off building exploding. The media hides the reality of war from the American public after seeing how the public has reacted in the past to this content. It's disingenuous, and you end up with kids joining thinking it will be like Call of Duty and coming back home with PTSD and no easy future due to their broken condition.

by bb88 5y ago

dillondoyle 5y ago

I completely agree with that. because of HIPAA there hasn't been nearly enough media. There is more now I think a concerted effort to get testimonials of people in hospital their family dead saying they wish they got the vaccine. But it's too late. I think if we had Vietnam style video of death from the start we wouldn't have as large of a % living in alternate realities.

asdff 5y ago

It certainly does. Vietnam was the first war with embedded journalists showing the american people live footage of real combat. It was often gruesome. It lead to people protesting in the streets, burning draft cards, fleeing to Canada, and most of all made the Vietnam war into a political quagmire and put pressure on ending it. That sort of coverage of a conflict has noticeably never happened again. Anytime you see footage these days on the news it feels like B rolls or some stock footage of a couple solders walking around the desert or a truck driving along or some far off building exploding. The media hides the reality of war from the American public after seeing how the public has reacted in the past to this content. It's disingenuous, and you end up with kids joining thinking it will be like Call of Duty and coming back home with PTSD and no easy future due to their broken condition.