Sunday, October 25, 2009

Propaganda

There are five newspapers in a town. One is different.

Here are headlines on an incident from four of those newspapers:

FIREFIGHTERS LATE--THREE DIE.

In two of the newspapers, this appears on the front page:

At 2059 W. 47th, a boarding house owned by John Doe caught fire, apparantly when a tenant fell asleep smoking. At 2:45 am on 10/5, the first of several 911 calls was taken (story continued)

One of the four newspapers reported the rest of the story, on the third to last page. That is, the page that nobody has the time or interest to read.

The fifth newspaper's headline read: "Heroic Rescue of Eight Costs firefighters Their Lives".

ON THAT PAGE, it tells you that the firetruck was stopped cold four blocks away by a traffic jam. That the crew jumped off and hauled what equipment they could carry the rest of the way on foot. That eight people were rescued, and that two firefighters were killed along with the person they were attempting to rescue.

It seems that the Safety Director isn't a favorite of any of the newspapers.

Anyway, a day later a lynch-mob shows up at City Hall demanding the Safety Director's head...and the fire chief's, too.

WHAT WAS THE TRUTH, AND WHO TOLD IT?

OK so why isn't anybody listening?

Because the fifth newspaper was FoxNews...

Which is biased.

Bullshit. Go back and watch some more.