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Thread #139632 Message #3205397
Posted By: Little Hawk
10-Aug-11 - 11:52 AM
Thread Name: BS: London Riots
Subject: RE: BS: London Riots
"He also slapped the BBC for repeatedly showing a burning building from three days ago as if to dramatise events, saying there are no building burnings now."
Yes, well, don't forget..."the News" nowadays has essentially 2 purposes:
1. to entertain (thus increasing the number of viewers who tune in)
2. to propagandize (thus moulding and shaping public consciousness in a desired fashion and direction)
Showing a burning building in downtown London assists greatly in achieving both those endeavours, so that's why they do it.