[Livia]

Originally Posted by housemate

Thats what has fascinated (and frightened) me more than anything else, (not just referring to Dave) ... the ability (albeit on a silly game show in this instance) to edit a situation to the degree where an entirely opposite storyline/meaning/personality etc.. is shown as what would appear to be fact!!
For quite some time now, if something serious comes up in the news, I look into the views from the other side of the conflict ... Al Jeezera News has been an education for helping to get a bit of a balanced perspective.

I understand how the news works. I understand on a professional basis the power of the written and spoken word and how it can be misinterpreted or twisted by editing. Good to see you're usuing Al Jazeera only as a balance for news because they only tell you what they want you to hear, just like everyone else. For instance, I notice there wasn't much on A Jazeera about the couple stoned to death for adultery in Afghanistan recently, or the pregnant woman lashed two hundred times and then shot in the head while the man accused with her was let off with no punishment at all. Everyone is edited. Even BB live feed is edited.