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    oh, and public opinion too, to continue my last post, dont forget influencing public opinion

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    Quote Originally Posted by Daddles
    Just another case of the media cashing in on life's disasters.

    What do you think?

    Richard
    Richard, I think it is just a ploy to get an audience and ratings for the following show being 2 episodes of 24. Seeing that 24 deals with a similar theme.


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    I tend to agree that the motivations of the producers are to make money. If that plays into the government's hands, then that is coincidence.

    I'd like to believe in conspiracy theories because it might explain some of what goes on. However, although the government, or individuals within it, know how to manipulate the media, I don't think they control it and it can turn on them if they're not careful.

    So, yes it probably is propaganda, but not something that the government has initiated. At the end of the day, it makes no difference either way because it serves their purposes just as well.
    "I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the kind of person I'm preaching to."

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    Quote Originally Posted by floyd7
    What I don`t get is, they say they are going to show what "really happened!!"
    Haven`t we seen what really happened?
    It can not be too "realistic", I don't believe that the old attention seeking "journalistic" fossil Ray Martin is having anything to do with it

    If it was real, our man would be there with his highly accentuated and punctuated voice over
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    Bit of a chicken and egg situation really.

    Population becomes nervous.
    Media sees chance of more sales/viewers in nervous side of population, reinforces that nervousness to protect/increase revenue.
    Political parties see up-turn in interest in media coverage of whatever makes population nervous, thinks “hmmm, there be votes in this”, reinforces nervousness through policy stances/announcements.
    Nervous population votes for party that says “we’ll keep you safest”…….
    Repeat as required.

    Every now and again a world event will start this off but often it’s just a matter of the media or a political party dipping a toe in to see if they can provoke a reaction.

    No need for conspiracy theories, just faith in human nature to get its knickers in a knot. Of course, deciding whether the nervousness of the population is warranted or not is the trick.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brudda
    It can not be too "realistic", I don't believe that the old attention seeking "journalistic" fossil Ray Martin is having anything to do with it

    If it was real, our man would be there with his highly accentuated and punctuated voice over

    Sorry, wrong network.

    Peter.

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