I've fucking had it with both the government and the media

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  • Libertine
    sex dwarf
    • May 2002
    • 17860

    #1

    I've fucking had it with both the government and the media

    Today's two main subjects on my country's most popular national news show:

    - /b/tard trolls 4chan talking about a school shooting, FBI and Dutch police join forces, in an impressive display of international cooperation manage to arrest the troll within hours, find out that the troll was in fact a troll

    - anonymous phone call informs police of planned terror attacks, police respond in force, arrest half a dozen people, announce foiling of terrorist plot in press conference, find out that it was in fact a hoax

    Are they fucking kidding me?! Millions of euros in tax money wasted on absolutely nothing, and both the media and the authorities try to act like something important actually happened.

    Now, having to respond to potential threats is one thing. Often, it's necessary to react even when there's a big chance that it's all bullshit. But for fuck's sake, can't those incompetent twats at least keep silent until they know what's actually going on?

    /(bb|[^b]{2})/
  • jmcb420
    So Fucking Drunk
    • Oct 2006
    • 2155

    #2
    I agree with you. Media and the government that controls it are both worthless buckets of shit.
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    • notoldschool
      Confirmed User
      • Aug 2007
      • 5687

      #3
      Im pretty sick of mainstream media and the mind fucking lies they spread. thats why the internet is so big, because it cant be controlled by the retards in charge. If they could, Mccain would be the president now.
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      • polish_aristocrat
        Too lazy to set a custom title
        • Jul 2002
        • 40377

        #4
        Originally posted by Libertine
        Today's two main subjects on my country's most popular national news show:

        - /b/tard trolls 4chan talking about a school shooting, FBI and Dutch police join forces, in an impressive display of international cooperation manage to arrest the troll within hours, -
        good job and yes i'm serious
        I don't use ICQ anymore.

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        • _Richard_
          Too lazy to set a custom title
          • Oct 2006
          • 30989

          #5
          that's the problem with the media.. if they got it, thought it was 'bullshit', and turns out it's not? end of the world.

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          • Sly
            Let's do some business!
            • Sep 2004
            • 31379

            #6
            Media is built around getting information out as fast as possible... whether it's fact or not anymore very rarely seems to matter.
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            • Libertine
              sex dwarf
              • May 2002
              • 17860

              #7
              Originally posted by polish_aristocrat
              good job and yes i'm serious
              Getting him that quickly was a good job, leaking info to the media was extremely bad.

              Anyone with more than a single braincell knows that in a case like this, there's a 99% chance that it's an empty threat. So, details should only be released after the situation is clear, and the media should ignore it unless it was a real threat.

              In fact, when it comes to school shootings, the media should all but ignore them anyway. The amount of media coverage they tend to get is probably the single biggest reason they've become a trend. Giving the shooters hundreds of hours of media coverage only serves to satisfy the morbid curiosity of the public and to make it clear to other nutjobs that if they do something like that, they'll become famous.
              /(bb|[^b]{2})/

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              • UFGators2007
                Confirmed User
                • Nov 2007
                • 1739

                #8
                The news media sucks...excuse me, Fox news is on, time to get edumacated!
                "I use the Google to pull up maps."

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                • polish_aristocrat
                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                  • Jul 2002
                  • 40377

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Libertine
                  Getting him that quickly was a good job, leaking info to the media was extremely bad.

                  Anyone with more than a single braincell knows that in a case like this, there's a 99% chance that it's an empty threat. So, details should only be released after the situation is clear, and the media should ignore it unless it was a real threat.

                  In fact, when it comes to school shootings, the media should all but ignore them anyway. The amount of media coverage they tend to get is probably the single biggest reason they've become a trend. Giving the shooters hundreds of hours of media coverage only serves to satisfy the morbid curiosity of the public and to make it clear to other nutjobs that if they do something like that, they'll become famous.
                  The guys who do the shootings want to be famous indeed, for their own weird reasons.

                  But the idiots who troll about the shootings only want message board fame. If you arrest them and punish them, perhaps others won't do the same.
                  I don't use ICQ anymore.

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                  • Libertine
                    sex dwarf
                    • May 2002
                    • 17860

                    #10
                    Originally posted by polish_aristocrat
                    The guys who do the shootings want to be famous indeed, for their own weird reasons.

                    But the idiots who troll about the shootings only want message board fame. If you arrest them and punish them, perhaps others won't do the same.
                    And short news items will do a good enough job at making it clear that making even fake threats will land you in jail.

                    Promoting hype and creating fear, on the other hand, accomplishes absolutely nothing useful.
                    /(bb|[^b]{2})/

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                    • BigDickDFromCincinnati
                      Confirmed User
                      • Feb 2009
                      • 173

                      #11
                      they are all shite

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                      • IllTestYourGirls
                        Ah My Balls
                        • Feb 2007
                        • 14311

                        #12
                        Originally posted by notoldschool
                        Im pretty sick of mainstream media and the mind fucking lies they spread. thats why the internet is so big, because it cant be controlled by the retards in charge. If they could, Mccain would be the president now.
                        But you support Obama Who the fuck do you think put him in office?

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                        • Snake Doctor
                          I'm Lenny2 Bitch
                          • Mar 2001
                          • 13449

                          #13
                          Think about how us Americans feel about our media.

                          The story you just discussed wouldn't have even made the news today. They wouldn't dare cut into the 17 hours of time allotted for a democratic mouthpiece and a republican mouthpiece to trash each other over 1 tenth of 1 percent of something or other.
                          sig too big

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                          • spacedog
                            Yes that IS me. Bitch.
                            • Nov 2001
                            • 14149

                            #14
                            You can't blame them for wanting to investigate it.. Suppose the trolls followed through with it and nobody did nothing to prevent it after knowing of it?

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                            • baddog
                              So Fucking Banned
                              • Apr 2001
                              • 107089

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Snake Doctor
                              Think about how us Americans feel about our media.

                              The story you just discussed wouldn't have even made the news today. They wouldn't dare cut into the 17 hours of time allotted for a democratic mouthpiece and a republican mouthpiece to trash each other over 1 tenth of 1 percent of something or other.
                              How about the differences in size between our country and his? Really isn't newsworthy if nothing was accomplished. It will make filler somewhere, but hardly breaking news.

                              Originally posted by spacedog
                              You can't blame them for wanting to investigate it.. Suppose the trolls followed through with it and nobody did nothing to prevent it after knowing of it?

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                              • johnuno11
                                Confirmed User
                                • Nov 2007
                                • 692

                                #16
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                                • Libertine
                                  sex dwarf
                                  • May 2002
                                  • 17860

                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by spacedog
                                  You can't blame them for wanting to investigate it.. Suppose the trolls followed through with it and nobody did nothing to prevent it after knowing of it?
                                  From my original post:

                                  Originally posted by Libertine
                                  [...]
                                  Now, having to respond to potential threats is one thing. Often, it's necessary to react even when there's a big chance that it's all bullshit. But for fuck's sake, can't those incompetent twats at least keep silent until they know what's actually going on?
                                  [...]
                                  Making sure nothing happens is a good thing. Spreading fear before it's even clear what the situation is, however, is not. And distracting people from the real issues by spending lots of news time on something that never even happened is even worse.
                                  /(bb|[^b]{2})/

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                                  • Libertine
                                    sex dwarf
                                    • May 2002
                                    • 17860

                                    #18
                                    Originally posted by baddog
                                    How about the differences in size between our country and his? Really isn't newsworthy if nothing was accomplished. It will make filler somewhere, but hardly breaking news.
                                    This was breaking news: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Brahm
                                    /(bb|[^b]{2})/

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                                    • baddog
                                      So Fucking Banned
                                      • Apr 2001
                                      • 107089

                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by Libertine
                                      Breaking news where? I will presume we have encountered a language barrier here. What I was saying is that the USA is too big and there is too much going on for a failed raid to make the front pages. You may have noticed that we have some more trying issues to discuss and read about than some false report made to the cops.

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                                      • Libertine
                                        sex dwarf
                                        • May 2002
                                        • 17860

                                        #20
                                        Originally posted by baddog
                                        Breaking news where? I will presume we have encountered a language barrier here. What I was saying is that the USA is too big and there is too much going on for a failed raid to make the front pages. You may have noticed that we have some more trying issues to discuss and read about than some false report made to the cops.
                                        It did make the front pages

                                        Also, if you truly believe Americans aren't being fed filler content as headlines, I suggest you go take a look at cnn.com.
                                        /(bb|[^b]{2})/

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                                        • Reak AGV
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Dec 2004
                                          • 4283

                                          #21
                                          I agree with you man, I get sick of them too.

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                                          • baddog
                                            So Fucking Banned
                                            • Apr 2001
                                            • 107089

                                            #22
                                            Originally posted by Libertine
                                            It did make the front pages

                                            Also, if you truly believe Americans aren't being fed filler content as headlines, I suggest you go take a look at cnn.com.
                                            It made front pages where?

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                                            • Libertine
                                              sex dwarf
                                              • May 2002
                                              • 17860

                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by baddog
                                              It made front pages where?
                                              CNN, CBS News, FOX News. I remember it quite clearly, because I found it rather funny at the time. It was pretty big for a few days, actually.
                                              /(bb|[^b]{2})/

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                                              • Libertine
                                                sex dwarf
                                                • May 2002
                                                • 17860

                                                #24
                                                Originally posted by Libertine
                                                CNN, CBS News, FOX News. I remember it quite clearly, because I found it rather funny at the time. It was pretty big for a few days, actually.
                                                And to end the discussion right here:



                                                Notice what it says at the bottom of the screen.
                                                Last edited by Libertine; 03-14-2009, 10:17 AM.
                                                /(bb|[^b]{2})/

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                                                • minddust
                                                  Confirmed User
                                                  • Feb 2005
                                                  • 2438

                                                  #25
                                                  4chan = piece of shit

                                                  media = shit

                                                  brb i'm taking a dump

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                                                  • frankie_gunn
                                                    Confirmed User
                                                    • Feb 2009
                                                    • 270

                                                    #26
                                                    There is no state !!!

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                                                    • Snake Doctor
                                                      I'm Lenny2 Bitch
                                                      • Mar 2001
                                                      • 13449

                                                      #27
                                                      Originally posted by baddog
                                                      How about the differences in size between our country and his? Really isn't newsworthy if nothing was accomplished. It will make filler somewhere, but hardly breaking news.
                                                      Yes, in a country our size it's much more important to be talking about Rev Wright, or about 1 tenth of 1 percent of a budget bill, or Sarah Palin's clothes, or John McCain's houses. :rollseyes

                                                      These types of stories are typically the lead stories on cable AND network news shows. Then afterwards, on cable, we have a dozen hours of mouthpieces from both sides calling each other names and playing gotcha over these "important" stories.
                                                      Almost all television news has become "Hard Copy" or "Inside Edition" or "Current Affair" in order to try and keep ratings up in the internet age. It's a pretty sad state of affairs IMO.
                                                      sig too big

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                                                      • Angry Jew Cat - Banned for Life
                                                        (felis madjewicus)
                                                        • Jul 2006
                                                        • 20368

                                                        #28
                                                        if you're so tired of the government why don't you drive a REAL BOMB into a government facility like all good anti-establishment heroes do?

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                                                        • Libertine
                                                          sex dwarf
                                                          • May 2002
                                                          • 17860

                                                          #29
                                                          Originally posted by Angry Jew Cat
                                                          if you're so tired of the government why don't you drive a REAL BOMB into a government facility like all good anti-establishment heroes do?
                                                          For the same reason I wouldn't stab people for cutting in line at the grocery store: I'm not a psychopath.
                                                          /(bb|[^b]{2})/

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