Control Room. Media bias in the Iraq-American War.
Chosen Prompt : Deception is the same as telling an outright lie.
Although under some circumstances I do agree with this prompt, as sometimes deception can be for a good cause, or at least a better cause than the lie. I do not however agree with the deception in the documentary about the Iraq - American war. The Arab-based news station "Al Jajeera" seemed to have shown a very non-biased approach to reporting on the war, however left out quite a lot of detail to the Sadaam Hussein situation. Sadaam Hussein has reportedly killed more Muslim people than any other person in history, and that includes the american military. The deception here is not acceptable and is in this case just as bad as an outright lie. This is because as the countries' leading news reporter, Al Jazeera should be honest about the true enemies of the public of Iraq.
Although it may be true that Sadaam Hussein is also quite the enemy, but the source of this information in the documentary is the American official that stars throughout, as quite the protagonist. This makes you re-think the validity of the information but nevertheless the previous statements about the deception in the Al Jazeera news reports are true. Although to look at the situation from the side of the Iraqi public, the reasoning for deception of the Iraqi public was probably for morale reasons. Although Sadaam Hussein was not a fit leader, being in the middle of a war I'm sure it would be a better strategy to turn the public against the opposing nation was probably seen to be a better idea than against the countries leader.
Chosen Prompt : Deception is the same as telling an outright lie.
Although under some circumstances I do agree with this prompt, as sometimes deception can be for a good cause, or at least a better cause than the lie. I do not however agree with the deception in the documentary about the Iraq - American war. The Arab-based news station "Al Jajeera" seemed to have shown a very non-biased approach to reporting on the war, however left out quite a lot of detail to the Sadaam Hussein situation. Sadaam Hussein has reportedly killed more Muslim people than any other person in history, and that includes the american military. The deception here is not acceptable and is in this case just as bad as an outright lie. This is because as the countries' leading news reporter, Al Jazeera should be honest about the true enemies of the public of Iraq.
Although it may be true that Sadaam Hussein is also quite the enemy, but the source of this information in the documentary is the American official that stars throughout, as quite the protagonist. This makes you re-think the validity of the information but nevertheless the previous statements about the deception in the Al Jazeera news reports are true. Although to look at the situation from the side of the Iraqi public, the reasoning for deception of the Iraqi public was probably for morale reasons. Although Sadaam Hussein was not a fit leader, being in the middle of a war I'm sure it would be a better strategy to turn the public against the opposing nation was probably seen to be a better idea than against the countries leader.
I agree with your viewpoint of the prompt in relation to the " control room" documentary. You display some good understanding of the contents and how that can be viewed in relation to the prompt.
ReplyDeleteyou need to add more detail on your opinion, giving reasons to justify it.
also include the assigned article and add that to the documentary and how this either contradicts or fits your opinion on the prompt.