Media Bias

All media is biased.

That's the message I took away from watching a documentary called The Control Room last night.

This movie was made by Jehane Noujaim, who also made Startup.com. I lived through Startup.com. Our old offices are even a scene in the movie. So I know that Jehane tells the truth, as brutal as it may be at times.

The Control Room is about Al Jazeera's coverage of the Iraq war.

It is amazing to see what went on in that war that the US media never talked about. The images that weren't shown to us. The facts that were not disclosed to us.

But the big "aha moment" for me was a scene where a US reporter is interviewing a producer from Al Jazeera. Both were women. The US reporter asked why Al Jazeera would show pictures of Iraqis being maimed and killed. Wasn't Al Jazeera biased against the US?, the reporter asked. Of course, the woman from Al Jazeera replied. But don't you know that all media is biased, she said. And then she pointed out that the US media wasn't showing the same pictures for the exact same reasons that Al Jazeera was showing them.

Different Channels, Different Truths. That's the tag line of The Control Room. And it is so true.

Comments

[Andy]

Hold on one minute . . a tv network with known ties to people and groups that have a stated goal to kill people . . and its simply another form of media bias, equivalent to the United States networks? You've lost your liberal mind, and this reader too. Really stupid post.

[Jackson]

Alas, poor Andy. I knew him well, Fred--a fellow of infinite jest.
Bye.....

[Jay]

There are times when withholding certain information and images makes sense. I was in the Air Force during the Vietnam era. While stationed overseas, Armed Forces Television gave us what we thought was the complete story, but we found out that this wasn't always the case. And for good reason! Imagine that soldier, stationed in Nam, watching AFTV News, and seeing the horrible images of what is actually going on over there. I have a feeling the morale over there would have plummeted. It was important to keep things positive. While I'm not advocating censorship across the board, there are times where it it becomes necessary. And I agree... there is no such thing as unbiased media.

[Jay]

There are times when withholding certain information and images makes sense. I was in the Air Force during the Vietnam era. While stationed overseas, Armed Forces Television gave us what we thought was the complete story, but we found out that this wasn't always the case. And for good reason! Imagine that soldier, stationed in Nam, watching AFTV News, and seeing the horrible images of what is actually going on over there. I have a feeling the morale over there would have plummeted. It was important to keep things positive. While I'm not advocating censorship across the board, there are times where it it becomes necessary. And I agree... there is no such thing as unbiased media.

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