A country in chaos, or so it seems !, How the media can guide our outlook. Options

[Goosefly]

http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/.../0,,2-7,00.html

See the stories........ all about death, corruption, murder etc.

This is the link to a news website that covers news happenings in S.A. mainly, and I feel discusted that my country of origin is being advertised as being one that is run by anarchists. I feel that the press is relying more and more on using sensationalism to sell their stories. There hasn't been a feel-good story on that site for a long time. I know that S.A. has it's problems just like any other country but come on people, South Africans don't live in the stone-age even though they make it look that way. I am proud to be South African even though I live in Canada now, and I feel bad when people in the U.S. and Canada think of S.A. as the most dangerous Holiday destination out there.

Anyways just thought I would share my views on how the news media can corrupt and guide us into seeing only what they want us to see.

What do you think?

[Bargod]

The news is based on grabbing your attention, not on the real TRUTH. It's based on "truth" or as Steven Colbert says "truthiness".

I clicked on that link and thought "holy crap, what a horrible place". As if it was one small little area where only bad things happen. Well, I know several people from SA and they are all great folks. And I would like to appologize for the very ignorant waitress I worked with who said "This guy says he's from South Africa, but he sounds English and he's white. Like there are white people from Africa".

Yes, I had to educate a fellow (adult) employee on this matter. The American school system is pretty good on math and science, but they don't care about anyone learning about other countries.
The best part of this was that we had a South African (white) hostess working on that exact shift. She just ignored the idiot... good for her.